This List of Jews contains individuals who, in accordance with Wikipedia's and policies, have been identified as Jews by . A few years before the
Shoah, the Jewish population of the Soviet lands (excluding the
Baltic states) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were
Ashkenazic as opposed to
Sephardic, with some
Karaite minorities. It is estimated that over half died directly as a result of the
Shoah. Many more emigrated to
Israel,
USA,
Argentina, and
Germany, though Russia and Ukraine still have among the larger Jewish populations in the world today (440,000 Russia, 300,000 Ukraine). The following is a list of Jews from the Soviet Union lands. It is geographically defined, so it includes people born before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1917 and people who became prominent subsequent to its break-up in 1990.
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