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Authors

Egorov Vadim Valeryevich, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Law, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

Abstract

The article analyzes confessional laws applied to the Jewish population. It underlines the government’s efforts to destroy the Jewish community by converting Jews to Christian faith and giving them the same rights as Christians for their subsequent assimilation.

Keywords

assimilation, the Jewish question, Judaism, committee, Christianization, pale of settlement.

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