What role did Jews play in the Russian Revolution and Soviet politics? - Quora
Pogroms
were conducted before Soviets, and the ownership is disputed. Russians
say "Ukrainians did that" while Ukrainians say "they were organised by
the Russian Monarchy". Both are right. Monarchy didn't allow Jews to
live outside of the Pale of Settlement
that covered mainly the current territories of Ukraine and Belarus,
unless one was an important and therefor needed Jew. So no pogroms were
planned for say Moscow.
Status of Jews in Russia was in stark
contrast with the progress made in Europe, so Jews felt something should
be done about that. Some followed Zionists to go out of Europe
altogether and re-build their state. Others joined centrist and
left-leaning parties - Solzhenitsyn mentions that Jews were mainly
aligned with Constitutional Democratic Party aka Cadets.
To
show how mainstream the Cadets were - in 1905 Cadet Prince Dolgorukij,
(a person of a more noble birth than bloody Romanovs) gave his seat to
fellow Cadet Mikhail Herzenstein, a baptized Jew, who was later killed for standing for the interests of Russian peasants.
So yes, Jews made good contribution to the only true revolution in Russia, the February Revolution.
However not much is told about those people as it is the victor who
writes the history, and the Bolsheviks who executed the October Coup
incorrectly called "revolution" didn't want to write much about the
people they were killing.
Jews however were also
over-represented in the Social-Democratic Party of Russia, both
Mensheviks and Bolsheviks - so were Poles, Georgians, and every other
group with higher literacy than Russians. And of course the military
unit Bolsheviks relied on for protection was the Latvian Riflemen
Regiment. The most know Jewish Bolshevik was Leon Trotsky,
2ic to Lenin at the time of the coup. However the overal numbers were
far from overwhelming, were significantly reduced n 1937 and further in
1952.
People who talk about Jews in Russian Revolution mainly
think about bankers, doctors, lawyers and startup founders. The fact is,
Jews were mainly working class at that time - say my Jewish
great-grandfather was a coal miner in Donetsk, another was a leather
tanner there. So for Jews joining the "workers party" was rather
natural.
Jewish contribution to bankrolling the revolution
happened in form of Jewish extortionists barging into the offices of
Jewish businessmen with crude bombs, demanding money for revolution.
Similar events were happening to Russian, Georgian etc businessmen,
performed respectively by Russian, Georgian etc extortionists.
The most noticeable wealthy benefactor of Bolsheviks was Savva Timofeyevich Morozov,
Russian of Old Believers. After the revolution significant role in
supplying starving Russia with wheat and allegedly selling off some
treasures was played by Armand Hammer, of Jewish descent. However it was hardly bankrolling, more like opportunistic business.
Thank you for A2A.
What role did Jews play in the Russian Revolution and Soviet politics?
I
have heard the Soviets were anti-Semitic and conducted pogroms against
them. But I have also heard that Jews funded and participated in great
numbers in Soviet politics. I have also heard fringe conspiracy ideas
which seem very odd, to say the least, about the Jewish role in
bankrolling the revolution.
What is the truth in this matter?
have heard the Soviets were anti-Semitic and conducted pogroms against
them. But I have also heard that Jews funded and participated in great
numbers in Soviet politics. I have also heard fringe conspiracy ideas
which seem very odd, to say the least, about the Jewish role in
bankrolling the revolution.
What is the truth in this matter?
1 Answer
were conducted before Soviets, and the ownership is disputed. Russians
say "Ukrainians did that" while Ukrainians say "they were organised by
the Russian Monarchy". Both are right. Monarchy didn't allow Jews to
live outside of the Pale of Settlement
that covered mainly the current territories of Ukraine and Belarus,
unless one was an important and therefor needed Jew. So no pogroms were
planned for say Moscow.
Status of Jews in Russia was in stark
contrast with the progress made in Europe, so Jews felt something should
be done about that. Some followed Zionists to go out of Europe
altogether and re-build their state. Others joined centrist and
left-leaning parties - Solzhenitsyn mentions that Jews were mainly
aligned with Constitutional Democratic Party aka Cadets.
To
show how mainstream the Cadets were - in 1905 Cadet Prince Dolgorukij,
(a person of a more noble birth than bloody Romanovs) gave his seat to
fellow Cadet Mikhail Herzenstein, a baptized Jew, who was later killed for standing for the interests of Russian peasants.
So yes, Jews made good contribution to the only true revolution in Russia, the February Revolution.
However not much is told about those people as it is the victor who
writes the history, and the Bolsheviks who executed the October Coup
incorrectly called "revolution" didn't want to write much about the
people they were killing.
Jews however were also
over-represented in the Social-Democratic Party of Russia, both
Mensheviks and Bolsheviks - so were Poles, Georgians, and every other
group with higher literacy than Russians. And of course the military
unit Bolsheviks relied on for protection was the Latvian Riflemen
Regiment. The most know Jewish Bolshevik was Leon Trotsky,
2ic to Lenin at the time of the coup. However the overal numbers were
far from overwhelming, were significantly reduced n 1937 and further in
1952.
People who talk about Jews in Russian Revolution mainly
think about bankers, doctors, lawyers and startup founders. The fact is,
Jews were mainly working class at that time - say my Jewish
great-grandfather was a coal miner in Donetsk, another was a leather
tanner there. So for Jews joining the "workers party" was rather
natural.
Jewish contribution to bankrolling the revolution
happened in form of Jewish extortionists barging into the offices of
Jewish businessmen with crude bombs, demanding money for revolution.
Similar events were happening to Russian, Georgian etc businessmen,
performed respectively by Russian, Georgian etc extortionists.
The most noticeable wealthy benefactor of Bolsheviks was Savva Timofeyevich Morozov,
Russian of Old Believers. After the revolution significant role in
supplying starving Russia with wheat and allegedly selling off some
treasures was played by Armand Hammer, of Jewish descent. However it was hardly bankrolling, more like opportunistic business.
Thank you for A2A.
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