What sporty term popularized by Rudyard Kipling in Kim was used to describe the rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire in their quest for supremacy in Central Asia in the 19th century?
The Great Game 1895 signing of the Pamir Boundary Commission protocols, when the border between Afghanistan and the Russian empire was defined. The 1901 novel "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling made the term popular and introduced the new implication of great power rivalry. It became even more popular after the 1979 advent of the Soviet–Afghan War. The term "the Great Game" was used well before the 19th century and was associated with games of risk, such as cards and dice. The French equivalent "Le grand jeu" dates back to at least 1585 and is associated with meanings of risk, chance and deception. In the
British responses to the anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire British responses to the anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire The word ‘pogrom’ is derived from the Russian word ‘погром.’ In Russia, the word pogrom was first used to describe the anti-Semitic attacks that followed the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. There was a second wave of pogroms in the early 20th century, between 1903 and 1906. Despite there being only two ‘waves’ of pogroms, there had been a culture of anti-Semitism existing for centuries. Most, if not all of the pogroms took place within the Pale of Settlement. The Jews of Russia were forced to exist within