pogrom
violent attack on an ethnic or religious group, either approved or conducted by the local authorities
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pogrom ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,406 views/month, #244 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: violent crime[2], ethnic riot[3], communal violence[4], mass murder[5], religious violence[6], political crime[7]
- Commons category: Pogroms[8]
- Significant event: Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire[9], Pogroms during the Russian Civil War[10], The Holocaust[11], Kishinev pogrom[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pogroms[13]
- Facet of: antisemitism[14]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18]
- Partially coincident with: persecution of Jews[19]
- Different from: massacre[20], evil decree[21]
- Has goal: massacre[22]
Why It Matters
pogrom has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] pogrom is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]