The mob threatened the Jews with a new riot and even with a massacre.

The panic resulting from this threat induced many Jews to flee to more peaceful places, or to leave Russia altogether.

The same lack of completeness marked the pogroms which took place simultaneously in several other cities within the jurisdiction of the governor-general of New Russia.

In the beginning of May the destructive energy characterizing the first pogrom period began to ebb.
A lull ensued in the "military operations" of the Russian barbarians which continued until the month of July of the same year..