Appendix C
Agricultural Settlement Throughout Russia in 1856
| In 1856 there were in: | |||
| Kherson District | 19 Colonies | 1929 families |
14,523 people |
|
Yekaterinoslav District |
14 Colonies |
427 families |
9,596 people |
| Southern District total | 2,356 families | 21,114 people | |
| Podalia | 24 settlements | 1,263 families | 12,668 people |
| Kiev | 45 settlements | 528 families | 6,835 people |
| Vohlin | 28 settlements | 231 families | 2,435 people |
| Minsk | 2 settlements | 96 families | 1,025 people |
| Vilna | 24 settlements | 217 families | 2,236 people |
| Grodno | 20 settlements | 305 families | 3.174 people |
| Vitebsk | 33 settlements | 130 families | 1,139 people |
| Kovno | 8 settlements | 110 families | 1,708 people |
| Mohilev | (2) settlements | 159 families | 1,684 people |
| 3,038 families | 32,274 people | ||
| All Russia total | 5,395 familes | 56,393 people |
Aside from these, there were hundreds who bought private land in these districts and settled in Tabriya, Bessarabia, Congress Poland and for some reason were not counted and included in the lists. We would not be exaggerating if we estimate there number around 1,600 families (approximately ten thousand people) and if we summarize that at the beginning of the reign of Alexander II (1855-60) Jewish settlements in al of Russia included abut 100 large colonies and 300 small settlements in which about 7,000 families - 66,000 people-lived, out of a total Jewish Population which then numbered three million in Russia (including Poland).
 | Livne, Zvi. 1965. Jewish Agriculturists on the Plains of Russia. Merchavyah, Israel. (Hebrew) |