а)  Look at the maps in your textbook and find the places listed below. Explain, in Russian, their significance for our understanding of 20^th century Russian-Jewish history.

Белоруссия
Киев
Кишинёв
Ленинград (Санкт-Петербург, Петроград)
Москва
Одесса
Украина
черта оседлости

Where is it?
When was it established?
What are its largest cities?
What is the largest city nearby?
What is its current population?
What are the ethnic groups that constitute this population?
What are its major political, economic, and social characteristics?
Why was this area selected for a Jewish Autonomous Region?

Read the questions below and find the answers in the text.

1. What were the major restrictions on Jewish life in Russia before the Revolution?
2. How did Jewish life in Russia change after the February Revolutions (in February and October) of 1917?
3. When did the Soviet government begin to revert to anti-Jewish practices and what were these practices?
4. What was the impact of World War II on Jewish life in the USSR?
5. What were the two anti-Semitic campaigns unleashed after the war before Stalin’s death?
6. What anti-Jewish practices were increased in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s and 1970s?
7. What restrictions on Jews were relaxed in Russia in the 1970s and 1980s?
8. Go back to section 35–2 and review the chronology. Find the events in the chronology that are referenced in the text.

1. What is the author’s attitude toward the events and individuals described in the text? Identify words and phrases that convey implicitly or explicitly the author’s attitude or ideological perspective, bringing evidence from the text to support your argument.
2. Did the information in the text depart from what you had previously read or thought about the period discussed in this chapter?