The epilogue to the pogrom was marked by an originality of its own.

A committee consisting of representatives of the municipal administration, four Christians and three Jews, was appointed to inquire into the causes of the disorders.

This committee was presented by the local Christian burghers with a set of demands, some of which were in substance as follows: [Footnote 1: Comp.Vol.I, p.

145.] That the Jewish aldermen of the Town Council, as well as the Jewish members of the other municipal bodies, shall voluntarily resign from these honorary posts, "as men deprived of civic honesty" [1]; that the Jewish women shall not dress themselves in silk, velvet, and gold; that the Jews shall refrain from keeping Christian domestics, who are "corrupted" in the Jewish homes religiously and morally; that all Jewish strangers, who have sought refuge in Pereyaslav, shall be immediately banished; that the Jews shall be forbidden to buy provisions in the surrounding villages for reselling them; also, to carry on business on Sundays and Russian festivals, to keep saloons, and so on.
[Footnote 1: This insolent demand of the unenlightened Russian burghers met with the following dignified rebuttal from the Jewish office-holders: "What bitter mockery! The Jews are accused of a lack of honesty by the representatives of those very people who, with clubs and hatchets in their hands, fell in murderous hordes upon their peaceful neighbors and plundered their property." The replies to the other demands of the burghers were coached in similar terms.] Thus, in addition to being ruined, the Jews were presented with an ultimatum, implying the threat of further "military operations." As in previous cases, the example of the city of Pereysslav was followed by the townlets and villages in the surrounding region.

The unruliness of the crowd, which had been trained to destroy and plunder with impunity, knew no bounds.