Jewish History and Culture in Eastern Europe

An Online Exhibition from the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 2002-2003 Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania

Pale of Settlement and Movement.
Internal Russian Passport, 1889
[Document courtesy of Ms. Ruth Chacker, Philadelphia]

An internal Russian passport from 1889 stipulating that the holder, Shlomo Khenkein, has permission to travel outside the Pale of Settlement for six months.

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