The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct. Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized massacre of helpless people. [[Pogrom]] is a Yiddish term used in Russian beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of violence (not always a "massacre") against Jewish people in Russia. | The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct. Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized massacre of helpless people. [[Pogrom]] is a Yiddish term used in Russian beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of violence (not always a "massacre") against Jewish people in Russia. |