Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
Now 10s of
1000s in Tashken, Tajikistan, Bishkek (Frunzen) Dushanbei (Lanenobad), Tabilsi. Also
Samara (Kuibishev). Hundreds of thousands. SU hadn't been keeping recs of
evacuation. Travel docs, but no central recs.
Censuses, 1939 and 1959. Majority of Js who evacuated went back to former home
repubs. Didn't go back to shtetl, in ruins or occupied by others. Went to nearby
cities. J comm in Uzbekistan grew 80%. Small families in comm prior to. 51,000 Js,
Bukharins, now 95,000 in 1959. Same growth in almost every SU area of Central
Asia and Caucasus, doubling local pop. Who are these? Skilled workers,
accountants, doctors. Continued in this trajectory in Tashkent. In contrast, Sephardi
Js less educated, menial labor, shop keepers. 2 J communities, distinct ethnically,
denominationally, class (esp), basic identity. See selves as SU Js. Bukharin,
Georgian, mtn Js see themselves as Js; conn to SU regime is looser, haven't
benefitted from SU authority
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