asking for citations for one of the most important and well known events of the 20th century is lazy and obnoxious.
"Pogrom" was coined in Russia and became well known largely because of the Russian Civil War.
don't bitch about my comments when you have put absolutely no effort into yours.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“Pogrom” was coined in Russia and became well known largely because of the Russian Civil War.

Weird I distinctly remember reading about pogromists being one consideration for the bolsheviks in how to participate in the 2nd Duma and that was before the Civil War.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was coined before the civil war, but it spread as a term used outside of Russia because of the civil war.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Could you cite that please? It isn't that I don't believe you I just want to know where you learned it.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like I misremembered. It was popularized following the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/pogroms

There were a LOT of pogroms during the Russian Civil War, like 1,500 just from 1918-1920.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogroms_during_the_Russian_Civil_War

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