Jewish life in Russia

Julius Ishidorovich Hessen (1871-1939) - writer, historian, author of numerous works about the life of Jews in Russia.
Born in Odessa in the family of a merchant of the Second Guild, graduated from a commercial school, but the trading career did not choose, preferring the literary field. His first stories and fekelons published in the Odessa news and "Sunrise , subsequently, having moved to St. Petersburg, collaborated with the Russian thought,", Bully European and other major publications.
In 1896, Hessen began to study archival materials on the history of Jews in Russia. The result of these surveys were numerous publications, among whom are books" about the life of Jews in Russia. Possed in the State Duma "(1906) and" Law and Life "(1911) included in this publication. In them, the author represents a wide historical review of the situation of the Jews from the end of the XVIII century - the time of their entry into Russian citizenship - until the beginning of the XX, when the question of the abolition of settling feature was first discussed in the State Duma