The Jews of Ruscuk. From Periphery to Capital of the Tuna Vilayeti

354 pp, pb, in English.

Aknowledgments
Rules for transliterating words and names from Hebrew, Turkish and Bulgarian
Foreword
Introduction

• Chapter    I THE JEWS OF BULGARIA AND THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
• Chapter  II THE TOWN OF RUSE (RUSÇUK) UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
• Chapter III EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF RUSÇUK
• Chapter IV RETURN OF JEWS TO RUSÇUK AND THE REHABILITATION OF THE COMMUNITY (1812-1839)
• Chapter  V FROM THE ASCENDANCE OF SULTAN ABDÜLMECID TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DANUBE DISTRICT (1839-1864)
• Chapter  VI  THE RUSÇUK COMMUNITY – FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DANUBE DISTRICT TO THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1864-1877)
• Chapter  VII EDUCATION AND CULTURE IN THE RUSÇUK COMMUNITY
• Chapter VIII THE WAR OF 1877-1878 AND THE RUSÇUK COMMUNITY

SUMMARY

APPENDICES
Appendices A – Maps and Documents
Appendix 1 - Map of Rusçuk Suburbs (Mahalle) in the 1860s
Appendix 2 - Map of Notable Sites in Rusçuk (see legend on opposite page)
Appendix 3 - Public buildings, shops, factories, schools and places or worship in Rusçuk
Appendix 4 - Governors of the danube district (1864-1878)
Appendix 5 - Bill of sale for RaΩel NaΩmias’ courtyard
Appendix 6 - Two letters from Barukh Chiprut to alliance headquarters after the war
Appendix 7 - Letter of thanks written by ºaim Bidjerano on behalf of the community to alliance in
Appendix 8 - Tombstone of Avraham Rosanes
Appendix 9 - Jews as the embodiment of sin — judjment day mural in the monastery church at Trojan 
Appendices B – Chapters IV – VII Chapter IV, Appendix 1 Chapter IV, Appendix 2 Chapter V, Appendix 1 Chapter VI, Appendix 1 Chapter VII, Appendix 1 Chapter VII, Appendix 2 Chapter VII, Appendix 3 Chapter VII, Appendix 4 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF ABBREVETIONS
SECONDARY SOURSES
INDEX

• Names of Persons
• Geographical Names
• Subjects