Jewish people and their customs on the pictures below. Russia: The Bukhara Jews, or Jews from Central Asia

Bukhara - Ouzbekistan
Russia The Bukhara Jews, or Jews from Central Asia

Russia - The Bukhara Jews, or Jews from Central Asia


All the above are classic examples of the Jewish People life in Russia - The Bukhara Jews, or Jews from Central Asia.

According to some ancient texts, there were Israelites that began traveling to Central Asia to work as traders during the reign of King David of Jerusalem as far back as the 10th century B.C.E.[5] When Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon, he encouraged the Jews he liberated to settle in his empire, which included areas of Central Asia. In the Middle Ages, the largest Jewish settlement in Central Asia was in the Emirate of Bukhara.[WIKI}






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