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Blood Libel in Russian Imperial Georgia: The Kutaisi Trial, Part II
When the Jewish defendants in the 1879 Kutaisi trial were finally acquitted, the judges’ decision was met with sustained applause in the courtroom.
Blood Libel in Russian Imperial Georgia: The Kutaisi Trial, Part I
In March 1879, in the Georgian city of Kutaisi, then part of the Russian Empire, nine Jewish men stood trial for allegedly killing a Christian child.