Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Russia

Part I:

in which the viewer will find general resource articles, reference works and an overview to the area covered in the web site.

The Jewish Agriculturalists

Introduction

	Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Russia - part *one*
	Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Russia - part two
	*Colonization by Keith Freedman*
	Jewish Agricultural Colonies -Patricia Eames
	Jewish Agricultural Colonies in the Western Governments: Grodno, Kiev, Kovno, Minsk, Mohilev, Podolsk, Vilna, Vitebsk and Volhynia.

Overview

Timeline

Migration - to and from the Colonies

Russian Geography - History of the Geography of the Colonies

Site Map - Table of Contents

Part II:

in which the viewer will find specific colonies or surnames

Indexes

	Index of the Colonies
	Surname List

It is the aim of this site to have a page for each colony that will eventually contain history, surnames, sources, family pictures and stories.

Part III:

in which the viewer will find charts with links to information on specific colonies

Documentation Index

Charts of Colony names by Government

	The 17 Colonies of Ekaterinslav
	All colonies in Ekaterinoslav-Kherson
	Colonies in Bessarabia / Moldova
	Colonies in Podalsk / Balta Colonies
	Nearby German Colonies and Ukranian Towns where colony families later resided.
	List of Jews registered in 1848 Ekaterinoslav
	Chart of the Kherson Colonies with map
	Statistical Tables for settlements in the Western Governments
	The Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Western Russia: Prior to 1904

Part IV:

in which former residents share their pictures and stories

Memoirs

	Rokhel Luban's Memoirs (Trudolubovka)
	Rokhel's Map of households in Trudolubovka
	Sehaidak memories: Haim Cohen; Tziporah Kaminker; Yisrael Seltzer; Avraham Toren
	Israelovka memories: Haim Cohen
	Memoirs of Yaakov Yelishevitch
	Life story of Shmuel Yelisheitch
	Memories of Two Generations: Alexander Gurwitz
	The Grosslerners from Dumbravista and the Ziselmans from Valya Luy Vlad: Karen Ziselman
	The Diary of Joseph Epp 1860-1880

Part V:

in which the history of the agriculturalists is documented from many viewpoints

	Levanda Laws
	From the Hebrew Press
	History of the Colonization
	A Journey in the Southern-Russian Jewish Colonies by L.M.Bramson
	Russian Sources on Jewish Agricultural Colonization
	Jewish Agricultural Settlements - Yekaterinoslav Government by B. D. Brutskus
	The Pogroms of 1881
	The Ukrainian Pogroms: Report of the Trudoliubovka pogrom

RAGAS REPORTS articles by

Patricia Eames

	(1) Jewish Agricultural Colonies
	(2) V.N. Nikitin

Dimitry Feldman:

	(1)Materials in the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts Pertaining to the History of the Jewish People: A Genealogical Survey
	(2) Archival Sources for the Geneology of Jewish Colonists in Southern Russia in the 19th Century

Vlad Soshnikov

	(1) Report from the Field
	(2) Field Notes from Vlad Soshnikov

The Joint Distribution Committee Reports -translated from French

Part VI: Holocaust

The Holocaust and the Colonies

Part VII: in which Internet sites are linked for further exploration

Historical, Geographical and Shtetlink sites

Part VIII: in which all photos are detailed for easy access

Photo Index - People

Photo Index - Places

Part IX: in which books and articles mentioned on this site are cited in one source

Bibliography

Part X: Feedback

Letters to the Editor Dumbrovits Cheder 1916...Which settlement?

Part XI:

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Part XII: contacts for further information

Contacts: Chaim Freedman, Mel Comisarow