RhykovChapter 6
Slutsk was predominantly a Jewish town of about 15 to 20 thousand in 1900. In 1920, near Slutsk, Belarusian Nationalists had fought losing battles against the Red Army's Omsk Brigade in the Civil War. Many of the inhabitants had fled to Poland who'd, traditionally, a relaxed attitude to Jews compared to many European countries. The countryside was one of the poorest in Belarus, but the citizens had been adept for centuries at looking after themselves. Any arable land was used for...