Feb 7, 2025 12:00 pm
306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St.)
- Sponsor
- Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
- Speaker
- Anastasiia Strakhova
- Contact
- Danielle Sekel
- dsekel2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 60
Anastasiia Strakhova (Associate Director, Program of Jewish Culture & Society) explores the little-known reality that 75–90% of Jewish emigration from the late Russian Empire occurred illegally. This lecture examines the widespread practice of clandestine border crossings and why so many Jewish emigrants chose illegal routes despite legal options being available.