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Created page with 'A '''shtetl''' (Yiddish for "town") was an Eastern European town or village in which the majority of residents were Ashkenazi Jews. Most shtetls existed between the 1...'
A '''shtetl''' ([[Yiddish]] for "town") was an Eastern European town or village in which the majority of residents were [[Ashkenazi]] [[Jew]]s. Most shtetls existed between the 16th and early 20th centuries. [[Chernobyl]] was an example of a shtetl in pre-Soviet [[Russia]].
[[Category: Russia]]
[[Category: Poland]]
[[Category: Judaism]]
[[Category: Russia]]
[[Category: Poland]]
[[Category: Judaism]]