The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881

by Steven J. Zipperstein

Book Overview

Founded in 1794 as a frontier city on the Black Sea, Odessa soon grew to be one of Russia's busiest seaports. Settlers of all nationalities went there to seek their fortune, among them Jews who came to form one of the largest, wealthiest, and most culturally fertile Jewish communities in Europe. This history of Jewish Odessa traces the rise of that community from its foundation in 1794 to the pogroms of 1881 that erupted after the assassination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804719624
• ISBN13: 9780804719629
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"