Yurii Kaparulin Lectures on Jewish Agrarian Settlements in Southern Ukraine (1924-1948)

Yurii Kaparulin, recipient of the 2023 Sorrell and Lorraine Chesin/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave his public lecture on Jewish Agrarian Settlements in Southern Ukraine (1924-1948).

The lecture focuses on the social history of the Jewish agrarian settlements of the Kherson Oblast in Southern Ukraine from 1924 to 1948. Utilizing a micro-historical approach, it investigates how Soviet policies transformed Jewish life in the Kherson Oblastand, the impact of Holodomor—the Great Famine of 1932-1933—on the local Jewish populations, and the distinct characteristics of the Holocaust in South Ukraine. Dr. Kaparulin also discusses Jewish and Gentile responses to the anti-Jewish violence during World War II and the immediate postwar years, and the memory of the Jewish past in the region today.

This program is made possible by the generous support of Miriam “Mimi” Pasternak Toubin (z’’l) Public Educational Programming from the JDC.