Included in the multi-volume “World History of the Jewish People.” From ancient times to the present. In 10 vols. (History of the Jewish people in the East, History of the Jews in Europe, Recent history of the Jewish people). Volume 1. 1789-1815. Volume 2. 1815-1881. Volume 3. 1881-1914. The books cover with a final epilogue - and until mid-1938. This period is divided by Dubnov into two eras of emancipation (1789-1815 and 1848-1880) and two eras of reaction (1815-1848 and 1881-1914). The emergence of Zionism and the disputes that broke out within Jewish organizations, which led to the emergence of the so-called Zionism, are described in detail. territorialists, who believed that a Jewish national home should be formed on any possible territory, and autonomists, who advocated cultural and personal autonomy. Semyon Markovich (Shimen Meerovich) Dubnov (also Simon Dubnov, 1860-1941) - historian, publicist and public figure, one of the classics and creators of the scientific history of the Jewish people. He wrote in Russian and Yiddish. In 1922 he emigrated to Germany, in 1933 he moved to Latvia. Here he completed a ten-volume history of the Jewish people. The complete Russian-language edition of the book in the original and in the final author's editing was published in Riga in 1934-1938. This reprint of the Western history of the Jewish people was made from the Riga edition.