Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Russia

Sources for the Jewish Agricultural Colonies, located at various times in Southern Russia, Bessarabia, Podalia and the Crimea, are relatively hard to find in one resource.
This site is an attempt to gather as much data about the individual settlements, the points of origin of these settlers and to recount their stories.

<Chaim Freedman's Introduction to this Site> <Colonies (by Name, location, colonists origin)> <Documents> <Archives holdings> <Histories> <Photographs> <Links> <Maps>

Contents

Highlights (some links off-web) Use back arrow to return here.

Part I

Introduction to the Study of the Agricultural Colonies

Introductory articles

In which the viewer will find general resource articles, reference works and an overview to the area covered in the web site.

Part II

Indexes

in which the viewer will find databases of colonies, communities or surnames.

Part III

History of the establishment of the Agricultural Colonies

Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Colonization Association (Galicia and Russia)

Part IV-A

The Crimea and Southern Russia

Stalin's Forgotten Zion

Up From the "Ash Heap"? A Lost Chapter of Interwar Jewish History

Part IV-B

The Western Governments

The Jewish Farmers in Belarus During the 1920s

by Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky,

Part V

Charts: Colonies by Location

In which the viewer will find charts with links to information on specific colonies in the Western Governments as well as the Ukraine.

Part VI

Maps

Introduction

Ukraine

Western Government

Part VII

Individual Colonies

Primary documents of Ekaterinoslav Revision Census 1858

Part VIII

Research, Resources and Archival References

1850 Revision Lists from Myadel Belarus: Those who re-registered in Colonies

Part IX

Pogroms and the Holocaust

Two Periods of devastation in the Ukraine

Part X

Family Histories and Memoirs

Part XI

Photographs:

People

Places

In which all photos are detailed for easy access

Part XII

Documentation (Original sources)

Primary source documents from various regions such as Ekaterinoslav, Kherson, Bessarabia, Moldavia as well as nearby German colonies and Ukrainian villages and towns.

Part XIII

Links

In which Internet sites are linked for further exploration

Part XIV

Bibliography

In which books and articles mentioned on this site are cited in one source

Dmitry Abramson, Pavel Bernshtam, Harry Boonin, Barry Chernik, Sarah Christiansen, Mel Comisarow, Marcos Curzon,

Patricia Eames, Rose Feldman, Chaim Freedman, Lou Goldman, Nancy Holden, Mario Jeifetz, Ayana Kimron, Terri Naiditch, Alberto Setzer, Raymond Ravinsky, Toby Rodney, Michoel Ronn, Alexander Sharon, Joel Spector, Ben Weinstock, Steven Weiss, Ronit Zadikov, Karen Ziselman

The Jewish Farmers in Belarus During the 1920s

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