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Place in Russia

What happened to the Jews in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)

17 events, 1738 AD to 1971 AD

18th century

  1. 1738 AD Execution of Voznitsyn and Baruch Leibov in St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  2. 1741–1762 AD Jews leave St. Petersburg under Czarina Elizabeth's intolerance · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  3. 1798–1801 AD Imprisonment of Shneur Zalman of Lyady in St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg, Russia

19th century

  1. c. 1825 AD Nicholas I orders expulsion of Jews from St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  2. c. 1825 AD Restrictions on Jewish residence in St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  3. 1888–1890 AD Expulsion of Jewish mechanics from St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  4. 1896 AD Quotas and bans in medical and engineering schools · Saint Petersburg, Russia

20th century

  1. 1917 AD Residence restrictions on Jews of Petrograd abolished · Saint Petersburg (Petrograd), Russia
  2. 1961 AD Arrest and imprisonment of synagogue chairman Pecherski · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  3. 1962 AD Arrest of 25 Jewish youths on Simchat Torah eve · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  4. 1962 AD Arrests of Jews for baking matzah · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  5. 1962–1964 AD Ban on matzah baking in the Leningrad synagogue · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  6. 1963 AD Confiscation of matzah flour from Jewish homes · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  7. 1963–1969 AD Prohibition and closure of the Jewish cemetery · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  8. 1964 AD Arrests of Jewish youths on Simchat Torah eve · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  9. 1970 AD June 1970 arrests of Jewish activists · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
  10. 1970–1971 AD Leningrad hijacking trial of Jewish activists · Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia

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