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
Mountain Jews in Quba rayon, Azerbaijan 1932
Jews in Minsk, German–occupied Belarus, 1941
Shechita, Shalom Koboshvili, 1940
Georgian Jews
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Georgian Jews are a community of Jews who are thought to have migrated into Georgia during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE. It is one of the oldest communities in the region. As a resu
History of the Jews in the Soviet Union
…needs. There are about 100 Jews presently living in Armenia, mainly in the capital Yerevan. They are mostly of Ashkenazi origin and some are Mizrahi Georgian Jews. The History of the Jews in Azerbaijan (Judeo-Tat: çuhuro / жугьуро / ז'אוּהאוּרו; Yiddish: אַזערבייַדזאַניש יִידן; Azerbaijani: cuhudlar, yəhudilər…
A Jew from Akhaltsikhe, photo by Dmitri Yermakov, ca 1860s-1890s
The ancient Georgian capital of Mtskheta, where Jews lived for thousands of years
Interior of a Jewish house in Tbilisi
Georgian Jews of Tbilisi, c. 1900