Tag #147541 - Interview #94561 (Zinoviy Rukinglaz )

In 1905 there were riots in Kherson. My father organized and headed a riot of craftsmen. Fortunately for him, he didn’t suffer during this period. There was a Manifest issued by the czarist government on 17 October 1905 (editor’s note: this manifest granted freedom of speech, meetings and demonstrations resulted in a number of riots that were cruelly suppressed by the government) resulted in the Jewish pogrom during which a significant part of the Jewish population suffered.