Tag #147125 - Interview #77954 (Miron Manilov)

Before the revolution and during almost the entire period of the Civil War [5] there were Jewish pogroms [6] in Yagotin. Gangs [7] came and Denikin [8] troops as well. Local Ukrainians never took part in pogroms. During the pogroms, there were several cases where the Jews were murdered, but there was no massacre. Young Jewish lads organized defense squads [see Jewish self-defense movement] [9]. Of course, they didn't have proper weapons. Clubs, spades and pitchforks were used instead. The squads stood in defense and the pogrom-makers fled.