How many Russian Jewish people were killed in pogroms?

Pogrom is a Russian word meaning “to wreak havoc, to demolish violently.” Historically, the term refers to violent attacks by local non-Jewish populations on Jews in the Russian Empire and in other countries. The first such incident to be labeled a pogrom is believed to be anti-Jewish rioting in Odessa in 1821. read more

Partial data are available for 530 communities in which 887 major pogroms and 349 minor pogroms occurred. There were 60,000 dead and several times that many were wounded. 1882 CE - FIRST ANTI-JEWISH CONGRESS HELD. In Dresden, Germany. 1905 CE - Russian pogroms continue. Also in Morocco, Ukraine, 300 dead. 1919 CE - 3000 Jews killed in Hungarian pogroms. read more

These pogroms were referred to among Jews as the"Storms in the Negev", negev being a Biblical word for the south. Changed perceptions among Russian Jews also indirectly gave a significant boost to the early Zionist movement. Casualties. At least 40 Jews were killed during pogroms during April to December 1881. read more

Before there was USSR (created in 1922), there were reports of the Red Army committing pogroms, but the number of such incidents was very small compared to the number of pogroms by the White Army and by the various native inhabitants in the western borderlands of Soviet Russia in 1918–1922. read more