Białystok
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Tsarist Russia
Bialystok maintained commercial ties with Tsarist Russia.
Gdansk
Gdansk is listed among cities whose merchants traded in the region.
Germany
The stated origin of Jewish refugees who came to the region.
Radom
Place where Mohilever later served as rabbi.
Bialystok street
A quiet street in Bialystok where the narrator encountered an elderly man.
Yakutsk
Yakutsk is named as the destination of a 1897 journey from Siberia.
Gumiener Street
Street associated with Rabbi Mohilever's apartment and Hebrew library.
Novolipie Street
Street where Edat Yisuron Synagogue was located.
Washlikower Street
A street opposite the Halberstam residence and prayer house.
dacha
A summer residence where Rabbi Lipele stayed and held prayer services.
Polieser railway
A railway near which Rabbi Lipele traveled.
Petersburg
A city where a chicken was sent for laboratory examination.
Siberia
Several thousand non-Jewish residents were sent to Siberia.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem was where Shmuel Salant settled and served as rabbi.
Glubokoye near Vilna
Birthplace associated with Rabbi Mohilever.
Vilna
City referenced in describing Mohilever’s birthplace.
Galicia
Region included in the writer’s study tour.
Krakow
The city associated with Rabbi Rafael Shaul Landauy.
Reichenhall
Destination of a journey during which Vienna was visited.
Vienna
City visited to meet Jewish barons and discuss work for the Land of Israel.
Paris
City visited in 1891 to meet Hirsch and discuss Jewish colonization in Israel.
Medove Street
Street where censorship took place.
Old cemetery
Cemetery containing Rabbi Lipele’s ohel.
laboratory
A laboratory designated for examining the chicken.
Yeshiva Lane
A lane where Khazanovich directed Chaim to go.
Basel
The location of the Zionist Congresses mentioned in the passage.
Rhine
A river viewed from a hotel room in Basel.
Pilvishok
A town described as having a pure Jewish population.
Basel railway station
The travelers approached the station on foot while awaiting Herzl.
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever's grave
A grave visited by Khazanovich before departure for Basel.
Hotel Braunschweig
A Jewish restaurant visited by the narrator and Khazanovich.
Belgium
The first Esperanto congress took place in Belgium in 1905.
Bialystok railway station
Railway station where Jewish passengers were murdered.
The city
The city experienced gunfire, looting, and near-total silence during the violence.
Bialystokek village
A village near which armed peasants were positioned.
Bagniovke Jewish Cemetery
Jewish cemetery containing the pogrom victims’ communal grave and monument.