Russia and the Soviet Union Collection (Vilna Archives)
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Brief Description: Included are letters, reports, clippings, posters and other documents relating to Jews in the Russian Empire and in the Soviet Union.  The bulk of the collection covers the period of the Russian Empire.      Government documents, 1845-1908. Decrees and announcements of the Tsar. Petitions to the Tsar, 1860-1892. Anti-Jewish laws, 1881, 1882, 1894. Documents about Jews in the Russian army, 1885-1915. Police reports about Jewish revolutionaries, including lists with photographs of most wanted fugitives, 1870-1911.  Documents from various Jewish political groups, including materials pertaining to the 1917 elections.  Materials on Birobidzhan, 1930s.  Materials on different localities in the Russian Empire, 1902-1917.
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Record Series Number: RG 30 /RG 30 
Created by: Russia and the Soviet Union (Vilna Archives)
Volume: 0.0
Arrangement: This collection is arranged
Subject Index
Antisemitism
Military service
Politics and Political Parties
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements
Russia
Soviet Union
USSR
YIVO - Vilna
Genres/Forms of Material
Documents - Collection
Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/06/01 ; 1999/03/23 ; MW & GMB
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