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Theme: Changing definitions of and attitudes toward social groups, classes, races, and ethnicities within and outside Europe Although, Jews were slowly being emancipated in the late 19th century in Western Europe, Eastern Europe did not lighten its aversion towards Jews in the 1880’s. As of 1880, 4 million Jews lived in Russia. Russians started to divert away from hatred against the government and toward the Jews. Known as anti-Semitism, Jews were denounced as corrupters of the Russian nationalism. In 1881 and 1882, violent pogroms were in place throughout Russia and the police and army did not take any action as the peasant rioted against the Jews and damaged their property. This extreme discrimination against this race led to the Russian Jews’ turn towards the Zionist movement in Palestine in order to be self-emancipated. "Jews in Eastern Europe, ca. 1900." __Indiana University Libraries__. 13 Apr. 2009 . McKay, John P. __A History of Western society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
 * Jews Denounced in Russia- 1880's**