Memorial Book of Rokiskis
Bakalczuk-Felin, M.
Jews began settling in Rokiškis in the late 17th Century. During the 19th Century, the town's importance as a regional commercial center increased with the completion of a railway line that connected it to the Baltic ports of Riga and Libau / Liepaja and to the interior of the Russian Empire. By 1897, the Jewish population had grown to 2, 067, 75% of the town's population. There was a strong Chasidic presence in the Rokiškis area, which was un...