Emigrate, Die, or Disappear

Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827-1907), as painted by Ilya Repin. He was allegedly the inspiration for the calculating, bloodless bureaucrat Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin in Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.

The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia’s Jews on the Eve of World War I can be purchased here.