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Events on Saturday 31 December 1881 1
1881Anti-Jewish pogroms sweep the Russian EmpireWave of violence follows Alexander II's assassinationFollowing the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, waves of anti-Jewish riots broke out across the southern and western Russian Empire, beginning in Yelisavetgrad and spreading to Kiev, Odessa, and other cities. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed and many people killed or injured. The pogroms spurred mass Jewish emigration from the Russian Empire in the years that followed.