Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History, Paperback - Steven J. Zipperstein

DescriptionSo shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian rem...

So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that ...

Pogromul e o carte splendida, una care fixeaza acel moment de la inceputul secolului XX cand in Europa exilul a devenit ucigas intr-un mod care anu...

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Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Robert P. NewmanNumber of pages: 201Collection: Frontiers in Political CommunicationPublication date...

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