The Cantonists
During the time of the Tzemach Tzedek, Kronstadt was a fortified city near S. Petersburg.
Among the soldiers stationed there were a number of “Cantonists” – young Jewish men
kidnapped from their parents by the Czarist regime and conscripted for 25 years or more in
the Russian army.
| Topics: | Lubavitcher Rebbe, Jewish History, R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch |
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