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[Video] LA cops force their horses to run over protester (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“Pogrom” was coined in Russia and became well known largely because of the Russian Civil War.

Weird I distinctly remember reading about pogromists being one consideration for the bolsheviks in how to participate in the 2nd Duma and that was before the Civil War.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It was coined before the civil war, but it spread as a term used outside of Russia because of the civil war.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Could you cite that please? It isn't that I don't believe you I just want to know where you learned it.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Looks like I misremembered. It was popularized following the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/pogroms

There were a LOT of pogroms during the Russian Civil War, like 1,500 just from 1918-1920.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogroms_during_the_Russian_Civil_War