Kiev pogroms (1919)

Kiev pogroms
Part of Pogroms during the Russian Civil War
Pogrom victims in Alexander Hospital, Kiev, 1919. Credit: Elias Tcherikower
LocationKiev, Kiev Governorate, South Russia
Date1919
TargetPrimarily Jews
Attack type
Decapitation, Burning, Stabbing, Shooting
DeathsUnspecified number
InjuredUnspecified number
PerpetratorsVarious Ukrainian rebels, White Armies and Don Cossacks

The Kiev pogroms of 1919 refers to a series of anti-Jewish pogroms in various places in and around Kiev carried out by White Volunteer Army troops and some other anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War.

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