The history of the Jews in Russia goes back to the beginnings of the Russian state. At one time, the Russian Empire hosted the largest population of Jews in the world. Within these territories, the pr
The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, the largest Jewish museum in Russia
The Khazar Khaganate (650–850)
Peter Shafirov, vice-chancellor of Russia under Peter the Great
Military oath to Nicholas II for the adherents of Judaism
The history of the Jews in the Soviet Union is inextricably linked to much earlier expansionist policies of the Russian Empire conquering and ruling the eastern half of the European continent already
History of the Jews in Russia
…million Soviet Jews are believed to have died during the Holocaust in warfare and in Nazi-occupied territories. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many Soviet Jews took the opportunity of liberalized emigration policies, with more than half of the population leaving, most for the United States, Israel, Germany…
Mountain Jews in Quba rayon, Azerbaijan 1932
Jews in Minsk, German–occupied Belarus, 1941
Shechita, Shalom Koboshvili, 1940