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"Russian Jews. Encyclopedic Reference Book" (in Russian) accumulates the essential knowledge on Russian (Russian-speaking) Jewry scattered throughout encyclopedias and countless works in the light of new research findings and approaches. In one volume is concentrated data on the history, resettlement, demography, traditions, religion, culture, social and political movements, etc. of Russian Jewry from antiquity to the collapse of the Soviet Union, including Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, the Transcaucasus, Central Asia, and others. The Reference Book provides also information of a large number of Russian Jews, more or less known for their activities, who left their mark in the history and culture. The Reference Book consists of the Dictionary (articles), Annexes with brief notes, and Bibliography.