Was there was a pogrom in the southern Russian city of Melitopol in
1905 or 1906, and in which month did it occur?

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Request for Question Clarification by vinods-ga on 14 Oct 2002 03:12 PDT

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(Hatsefirah 1881; May 19 (31)

,a town in the Government of Crimea, district of Melitopol, reports
that disturbances broke out there on the4th (16th) of the month in a
terrible manner. Of all the houses and shops of the Jews not a remnant
was left. All the storehouses for spirits and other drinks were raided
and plundered, and streams of spirits flowed all around the city. The
terrible upheaval continued for two days, and when the armed forces
arrived in the city, there remained nothing of the Jews, save their
bodies and their destroyed and desolate houses. Fear struck all our
brethren of the House of Israel living around about that they should
not also be subjected to a massacre after all their property was
plundered.

In the city a large mob collected last Sunday to attack all the Jewish
houses, but the police commander advised the intending perpetrators
and the mob withdrew.
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from 
[ http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/from_the_hebrew_press_1958.htm
]

Trying to find you the information. Very difficult one... Any more
information from you may be helpful.

warm regards
vinods-ga

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Clarification of Question by tragicqueen-ga on 15 Oct 2002 16:08 PDT

I know about the pogroms of 1881 - attacks on Russian Jewish citizens
- which happened all over Russia.  Again in 1905 and in 1906, there
were pogroms all over Russia.  A pogrom definitely happened in the
Crimean town of Melitopol; I have family letters all about it. A
reference book says that the pogrom was in 1905, but the family
letters indicate that it happened in March or April of 1906.  I am
writing a book about the family, and would like to verify the dates. I
have tried at jewishgen, and haven't found a specific reference.  I'm
not sure where else to go, so I turned to you.
Many thanks.

I was able to find only one link (in Russian):

http://hronos.km.ru/sobyt/19051907.html

It's list of events, related to First Russian revolution (1905-1907). Among them:

1905.02 - "...Pogroms in Melitopol, Zhitomir, Brest-Litovsk and Simferopol."