Pogroms during the Russian Civil War
Wave of antisemitic attacks 1918–1920 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pogroms during the Russian Civil War were a wave of mass murders of Jews, primarily in Ukraine, during the Russian Civil War. In the years 1918–1920, there were 1,500 pogroms in over 1,300 localities, in which up to 250,000 were murdered. All armed forces operating in Ukraine were involved in the killings, in particular the anti-Communist Ukrainian People's Army and Armed Forces of South Russia. It is estimated that more than a million people were affected by material losses, 50,000 to 300,000 children were orphaned, and half a million were driven out from or fled their homes.
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Pogroms of 1918–1920 | |
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Part of the Russian Civil War | |
Location | South Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine |
Date | January 1918 (1918-01)- November 1920 (1920-11) |
Attack type | Pogrom, Genocide[1] |
Deaths | 50,000–250,000 |
Victims | Russian and Ukrainian Jews |
Perpetrators | AFSR, White movement (17-50% of killings)[2][3] Green armies Red Army (2-9% of killings)[2][4] Ukrainian People's Army (25-54% of killings)[2][5] |
Motive | Antisemitism Anti-communism |
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