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The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden; and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. -
Yetta Cooperman is born
Yetta is born to new parents Max and Aviva Cooperman. After 18 hours of labor, she finally arrives on a brisk, Autumn morning. -
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Economic Aftermath
The defeat in the Russo-Japanese War came to an end. The economic situation for large segments of society was desperate, many peasants, burdened to the limit by taxation, demanding land, as much of the land still belonged to the gentry. The conditions in which industrial workers lived were equally depressing. Wheat numbers fell from 12.8 million metric tons in 1905 to 9.9 million in 1906, oats from 12.0 million to 8.8 million, potatoes from 27.6 million to 25.1 million. -
Rebels create the Vladivostok Republic
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The Russian Constitution
The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which the emperor agreed for the first time to share his autocratic power with a parliament. It was enacted on April 23, 1906, on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma. This first-ever Russian Constitution was a revision of the earlier Fundamental Laws. -
Yetta's 2nd Birthday
Sweet little Yetta turns two. -
Saratov University was Established
Saratov Chernyshevsky State University (Russian: Саратовский государственный университет имени Н. Г. Чернышевского, СГУ, transcribed as SGU) is a major higher education and research institution in Russia. Named to Nikolay Chernyshevsky , the university was founded in 1909 as Imperial Saratov University. It is located in the Volga River region in the city of Saratov. SGU has 28 departments, more than 90 programmes of study are offered and the current enrolment is around 28 thousand students. -
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Antisemitism/Pogrom
During the Russian Civil War the Jews of Uman were subjected to two pogroms in 1919, as the town changed hands several times. There were 170 victims in the first pogrom in spring and more than 90 in the second one in summer. This time the Christian inhabitants helped to hide the Jews. The Council for Public Peace, with a Christian majority and a Jewish minority, saved the city from danger several times. In 1920, for example, it stopped the pogrom initiated by the troops of General Denikin. -
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Fashionistas
Prohibition, the proliferation of jazz, and the development of mass media were the hallmarks of the 1920s. Youth was at a premium because so many young people were killed during the war. As a result, teenagers had a new freedom that they used to usher in the Afro-influenced jazz age. Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Rudolf Valentino, and Josephine Baker were popular stars of the time, personifying many of the modern ideals. -
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The Russian famine
The Russian famine of 1921, also known as Povolzhye famine, which began in the early spring of that year and lasted through 1922, was a severe famine that occurred in Bolshevik Russia. The famine, which killed an estimated 5 million, affected mostly the Volga-Ural region. -
Yetta Comes to the U.S.
Came to Los Angeles seeking help for her sickness and maybe finishing pursuing her dreams as a nursing student.
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Yetta Gets Sick
Southern California suffered 180 recorded deaths caused by tuberculosis, the leading cause of death resulting from infectious disease. Nearly half of those who perished were between the ages of 15 and 39. The leading "occupation" of those who died was "child/student."
Yetta becomes a victim of T.B. She attends the Workmen's Circle Sanatorium in Liberty, NY. She has an advanced case of pulmonary tuberculosis. -
Economic growth
New Economic Policy showed considerable positive results, especially in the beginning. The development of the commodity-money relations resulted in reconstruction of the home market. 54 commodity exchanges were opened only in 1923. The trade was rapidly developing and it was represented by a variety of forms: state, cooperative or private. The painting by P.V. Malkov called “The beginning of NEP” (1933) makes a wonderful illustration of this new development. A series of drawings by A.P. Malishev -
Finally 21
Yetta celebrates her 21st birthday with her family. She wishes to not be sick anymore. -
Yetta applies for admission to JCRS
The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis patients in all stages of the disease. The society was founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. For decades, patients flocked to Denver from all over North America and were admitted free of charge. The sanatorium was headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as secretary. -
Good News for Yetta
After writing and applying numerous times, and then getting denied, Yetta FINALLY recieves good news by letter; She is admitted into JCRS. -
Goodbye Denver
Yetta decides to leave J.C.R.S. and heads to back to California, to the J.C.R.A. in Duarte. Her condition showed no improvement and her prognosis is poor.
The Workingmen Circle No. 248 building was typical of early housing for tuberculosis patients. The structure was designed to give patients the greatest access to fresh air and sunshine, which, along with rest and healthy food, was considered at the time the best treatment for the disease. -
A Man with a Camera
The Man with the Movie CameraThe famous avant-garde film “A Man with a Camera” by Dzigi Vertov significantly enlarges the area (1929). This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film. Even the editing of the film is documented. We often see the cameraman who is purportedly making the film, but we rarely, if ever, see any of the footage he seems to be in the act of shooting!
