Project: Social Estate of Jews in Bessarabia in 19th century
Project Information| Coordinator: | Yefim Kogan | | Status: | Completed | | Description: | The Law of Russian Empire of 1818 obliged Bessarabian Jews to be registered in one of several estates -- Merchants, Middle Class (Petty Bourgeois, Tradesmen, Townsmen) or Farmers (Land-workers, Peasants). What did these estates mean to Jews? What privileges did these estates grant? How could Jews change their estates, if at all? The other categories of Jews were: Honorary Citizens (hereditary, private), Colonists, Nobility (hereditary, private), Foreigners, and Military personal, State-Owned Settlers, Temporary worker.
From the lecture at 32nd IAJGS International Conference On Jewish Genealogy, July 15 - 18, 2012 in Paris, France: Estate and other categories of Jews in Bessarabia, Russia in 19th century. Speaker Yefim Kogan. | | Web address of the Project: | Go to the project Home Page | | Geographic Area(s): | General |
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