1900–1939
Pogrom of the bands of ataman Grigoriev
mai 1919·Tcherkassy
Toll
~700
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
the town delivered for several days to looting
In the month of May, the bands of ataman Grigoriev subjected Tcherkassy to several days of looting.
Grigoriev had served in turn under Ukrainian nationalists and under the Bolsheviks before rising up on his own account. His bands were responsible for dozens of pogroms within a matter of weeks. The figure epitomizes the Ukrainian civil war: armed warlords with no stable allegiance, whose only constant program was the pillaging of Jewish towns.
- Period :
- 1900–1939
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Ukraine
Sources
Rapports des comités de secours juifs ; enquêtes de la Croix-Rouge.