Khappers were Russian Jews employed by the Kahals to fulfill the recruit quotas imposed on the Jewish communities from 1827 to 1857 in the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas I created these recruit quotas because he viewed military service as a way to russify Jews, whom he held in low regard, by teaching them the Russian language and converting them to Russian Orthodox Christianity.
Khappers were Russian Jews employed by the Kahals to fulfill the recruit quotas imposed on the Jewish communities from 1827 to 1857 in the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas I created these recruit quotas because he viewed military service as a way to russify Jews, whom he held in low regard, by teaching them the Russian language and converting them to Russian Orthodox Christianity.
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