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[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] 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