Polish Jews, Russian Jews and the Transfer of the Social Imagery: the Polish Kingdom and Russia in the 19th Century

Abstract

The article analyzes the process of making and the evolution of the terms „Polish Jew” and “Russian Jew”in the 19th century in the Polish Kingdom and the Russian Empire. The article shows how social imageries were transferred from the Polish Kingdom to Russia and in the opposite direction and how they were mutually influencing the defining of new Jewish identities created in relation to the countries in which the Jews lived. Finally, the article shows, on the bases of few biographical cases, how practically the transfers of social image ries we retaking place.