Dusetos, Easter 1905: The Story Of One Pogrom

Abstract

This article analyzes the causes, development, and consequences of the Dusetos pogrom on Easter Monday 1905. Although the dynamic of the pogrom and the circumstances surrounding it fit to a great extent the typical model of such incidents within the empire and the whole mass of anti-Jewish stereotypes, in all major characteristics (causes, duration, number of people involved, intensity of violence, number of victims, etc.) it followed a rather communal pattern of ethnic violence, and was very different from deadly pogroms in other parts of the Russian Empire during 1905 revolution.