According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "anti-Jewish riots (Pogromy) broke out in Elizabethgrad (April 27, 28), Kiev (May 8–11), Shpola (May 9), Ananiv (May 9), Wasilkov (May 10), Konotop (May 10), and during the following six months, in one hundred and sixty other places of southern Russia...It was clear that the riots were premeditated.
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, violent anti-Jewish disturbances (Pogroms) erupted in Elizabethgrad (April 27–28), Kiev (May 8–11), Shpola (May 9), Ananiv (May 9), Wasilkov (May 10), Konotop (May 10), and over the next six months, in approximately one hundred and sixty other locations throughout southern Russia...It was evident that these disturbances were premeditated.