Yekaterinoslav

Born in Kamenskoe, Yekaterinoslav Governate, Russian Empire (part of the Ukraine), Brezhnev was the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982 and served in the position the longest except for Stalin (whose birthday was yesterday).

People Born on December 19th | myFiveBest 2009

Beba Trachtenberg was born on October 14, 1895 in Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk), Ukraine, then part of the Russian empire.

Beba Idelson. 2009

At this point in her life Trachtenberg took no especial part in Jewish life, although Yekaterinoslav, as a city where Jews were allowed to live, had a large and fairly active Jewish community.

Beba Idelson. 2009

Rivka Guber (née Bumaghina) was born in Novo-Vitebsk in the Ukraine and went to high school in Yekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) intending to continue her studies at university.

Rivka Guber. 2009

Roza Shoshana Joffe was born in Bristovka in the Yekaterinoslav province, “a distant village in the Ukraine where hatred and contempt for Jews reigned supreme.”

Roza Shoshana Joffe. 2009

But the encounter with Jewish refugees expelled from the western borders of Russia who arrived in Yekaterinoslav brought about a profound change.

Beba Idelson. 2009

Born in Dnepropetrovsk (Yekaterinoslav until 1926), Russia on December 28, 1903 (?), she immigrated to Canada with her parents and older brother when she was still an infant; they settled in Barrie, Ontario.

Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld. 2009

The example set by Yekaterinoslav, the capital of the government of the same name, proved to be contagious, for during August and September pogroms took place in several neighboring towns and townlets.

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900

[Footnote 1: These intensified persecutions were popularly explained as an act of revenge on the part of the highest administration of the region, owing to a quarrel which had taken place between a rich Kiev Jew and a Russian dignitary.] [Footnote 2: They formed part of the government of Yekaterinoslav.]

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900

The memory of the great biblical Nazirite who abhorred strong drink was appropriately celebrated by his Russian votaries in Yekaterinoslav who filled themselves with an immense quantity of alcohol and became sufficiently intoxicated to embark upon their daring exploits as robbers.

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900