Small non-Jewish villages that are located in the neighborhood of Jewish colonies in the Crimea will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the “Comzet,” (government society for settling Jews on the land) providing they number not more than fifteen peasant families. These families will then be transferred to other regions, while their immovable property will be bought from them by the “Comzet,” which will settle there new Jewish colonists.
This plan, which was suggested to the “Comzet” by the Crimean government, was decided upon at to-days session of the “Comzet.” The decision will enable the government to unify the Jewish colonies of the Yevpatoria and Yankoy regions, the unification of which was being prevented by small colonies of other nationalities. This in turn did not allow the government to proclaim in Crimea Jewish autonomous regions similar to the Jewish regions in Ukraine.
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