Question

"the events in the suburbs of moldavanka,slobodka, and bugaieoka [russia] last night were of a most terrible nature. immense bands of ruffians, accompanied by policemen, invaded all the jewish houses and mercilessly slaughtered the occupants. . . .— "barbarous massacre in odessa," guardian,november 1905 anti-semitic events such as these contributed to which movement?

Answer 1

Alongside with mass emigration to the United Kingdom and the States, these pogroms against Jewish people that prevailed in Russian Empire in the early years of the 20th century made Jews become politically active. Jews took part in the General Jewish Labor Bund and in the Bolshevik movements.