Jewish Liberal Politics in Tsarist Russia, 1900-14

1. Front Matter

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2. The Emergence of Jewish Liberals in Russia: from Acculturation to Revolution

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   Pages 1-18

3. The Revolution of 1905 and the Struggle for Legal Emancipation

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   Pages 19-44

4. The Road towards Self-Determination: New Elections, the Second State Duma and the Search for a New Approach

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   Pages 45-71

5. Jewish Liberal Politics from 1908 to 1911: Reorganization, Determination and the Beginning of ‘ Organic Work’

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   Pages 72-109

6. The ‘Dark Years’ after Stolypin: Anti-Semitism, Co-operation and the Peak of ‘Organic Work’

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   Pages 110-135

7. Conclusion: The Russian-Jewish Liberals and their Position in European Jewish History

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   Pages 136-141

8. Back Matter

   Pages 142-244

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Contrary general perceptions concerning Russia during this era, Jewish political activities continued beyond 1907, and given the political limits of Tsarist Russia, transformed and modernized Jewish society to the fullest extent possible. From 1900 to 1914 Jewish Liberals initiated, organised and coordinated various forms of Jewish representation in Russian politics in order to achieve legal emancipation, national- cultural autonomy and even more important the integration of Russian Jews into a modernizing Russian society and economy.

• Europe
• history
• Jewish history
• Judaism
• revolution
• Russia

• Research Institute for the History and Culture of Germans in Russia, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany

  Christoph Gassenschmidt

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