=Vienna=, Jewish bankers in, petition Polish king on behalf of Posen Jews, I 176 Jews of, assist Jewish Palestine pilgrims from Poland to reach Constantinople, I 209 Congress of, inaugurates European reaction, I 359 Congress of, transfers duchy of Warsaw to Russia, I 390, II 88 Lieberman, Russian-Jewish socialist, publishes _ha-Emet_ in, II 223 Smolenskin resides in, II 234; and publishes _ha-Shahar_ in, II 218 secret circular of Plehve made known in, II 381 Dr. Herzl resides in, III 42 =Vigdorovich, Samuel=, rabbi of Vilna, engages in litigation with Kahal, I 275 f =Vilenski Vyestnik= ("The Vilna Herald"), publishes Brahman's articles against Kahal, II 189 =Vilkomir= (government of Kovno), home of M. Lilienblum, II 236 =Villages=, transfer of Jews from to towns ordered by Catherine II. (1795), I 319 Jews retained in, by land owners, I 323 Russian officials given wide powers in dislodging Jews from (1797), I 323 f expulsion of Jews from, decreed in Statute of 1804, I 343 projected expulsion from, affects half million Jews, I 346 expulsion checked by fear of Napoleon's invasion (1807), I 347 f Jewish deputies plead for repeal, or postponement of expulsion from, I 349 expulsion of Jews from, reaffirmed (1808), I 351 expulsion from, started, I 351 Alexander I. admits impossibility of removing Jews from (1809), I 352 "Jewish Committee" advises against expulsion of Jews from (1812), I 353 f economic importance of Jews in, I 361 f evil effects of endeavors to dislodge Jews from, I 362 f renewal of effort to remove Jews from, I 405 Jews expelled from, in White Russia (1823), I 406 f uselessness of expulsion from, in White Russia pointed out by Council of State (1835), I 407 f, II 34 f Jews expelled from, in government of Grodno (1827), II 30 f expulsion of Jews from, in government of Kiev, decreed (1830), II 33; delayed, II 33; objected to by Council of State and indefinitely postponed, II 35 barred to Jews in government of Kiev and Little Russia in Statute of 1835, II 40 barred to Jews in Fifty-Verst-Zone under same law, II 40 Jews of Poland permitted to live in (1862), II 181, 367; permission invalidated by restriction of property rights (1891), 367 Jews of Poland permitted to acquire land in (1862), II 172, 181; permission withdrawn as result of Polish insurrection (1864), II 173 exclusion of Jews from, recommended by Totleben, governor-general of Vilna, II 276 complete elimination of Jews from, recommended by "Jewish Committee" (1882), II 310 expulsion of old settlers objected to by Committee of Ministers, II 311