Case 1: Background: Life in Motherland > Jews in the Russian Army
Petition to Pavel Miliukov from Jews of Bobrujsk, [1910s]
Petition addressed to Pavel Miliukov and signed by Jewish officers and soldiers who had already served in various military campaigns. They opposed the law prohibiting Jews from serving in the Army.
Pavel Miliukov (1859-1943) was one of the founders of the liberal Kadet (Constitutional Democratic) party, represented in the State Duma, and a prominent Russian liberal politician of pre-revolutionary years.
Petition to Pavel Miliukov signed by "All residents of Zaporozh'e", [1910s]
Petition demanding that Jews be prohibited from serving in the Army.
Letter addressed to Pavel Miliukov, [1910s]
A vicious anti-Jewish propaganda letter accusing the entire Jewish community of ritual murders and collaboration with evil.