1917 Cancellation of anti-Jewish restrictions in Russia

One hundred years ago, on April 2, 1917, the Provisional Government adopted a resolution prepared by Minister of Justice Alexander Kerensky with the participation of members of the Political and Information Bureau under the Jewish deputies of the IV State Duma. This legislative act abolished all "restrictions on the rights of Russian citizens due to belonging to a particular religion, creed or nationality." Jews were not specifically mentioned in the resolution, however, it included a list of articles of Russian laws that became invalid with the adoption of this resolution. Almost all of these articles (there were about 150 of them) contained some kind of anti-Jewish restrictions. In particular, all prohibitions related to the existence of the Pale of Settlement were subject to cancellation.