Genealogy Projects tagged with Jewish Moscow on the Geni Family Tree

Moscow Jews

The history of the Jews in Moscow goes back from the 17th century, although Moscow did not become an important Jewish center until the late 19th century when more Jews were legally allowed to settle. Prior to the 19th century, Jews had arrived in the city as prisoners of the Russo-Polish war or after 1790, as merchants allowed one month stays. In the late 1800s, the Jewish population boomed, an...