May Laws

This article is about regulations in Russia. For regulations in Germany, see Falk Laws.
1898 report concerning the May Laws The Jewish South Friday 23 Dec 1898, Page 3

Temporary regulations regarding the Jews (also known as May Laws) were residency and business restrictions on Jews in the Russian Empire, proposed by minister Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev and enacted by Tsar Alexander III on 15 May (3 May O.S.), 1882. Originally, intended only as temporary measures, they remained in effect for more than thirty years.