History of the Jews in Russia and Poland from the earliest times until the present day

by Simon Dubnow

This is the first and probably still the best history of russian and polish jews. Written in russian before the WWI it did appear in english in three volumes in 1916, 1918 and 1920.

translated from the Russian by I. Friedlaender; with a biographical essay, new introd., and Outline of the history of Russian and Soviet Jewry, 1912-1974, by Leon Shapiro
1975, c1916-1920.

Physical Description: 3 v. in 2

v. 1. From the beginning until the death of Alexander I (1825). From the death of Alexander I until the death of Alexander III (1825-1894).

-v. 2. From the accession of Nicholas II until the present day, with bibliography and index.

Genres: History, Russia, Judaism, Nonfiction, Jewish

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1975

About the author

Simon Meyerovich Dubnow (Шимон Меерович Дубнов) was a Jewish-born Russian historian, writer and activist. He is the father-in-law of Henryk Ehrlich, a famous Bundist leader.

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[Bettie]

Philadelphia
The Jewish Publication Society of America
1916

TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY I. FRIEDLAENDER

VOLUME I: FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER I (1825)

Opening: CHAPTER I
THE JEWISH DIASPORA IN EASTERN EUROPE

1. The Jewish Settlements on the Shores of the Black Sea

From the point of view of antiquity the Jewish Diaspora in the east of Europe is the equal of that in the west, though vastly its inferior in geographic expansion and spiritual development. It is even possible that the settlement of Jews in the east of Europe antedates their settlement in the west. For Eastern Europe, beginning with Alexander the Great, received its immigrants from the ancient lands of Hellenized Asia, while the immigration into Western Europe proceeded in the main from the Roman Empire, the heir to the Hellenic dominion of the East.