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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - AGRICULTURAL COLONIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC (ARGENTINA): (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | In August, 1891, by the direction of Baron de Hirsch, some 3,000 square leagues of land were purchased in various parts of the Argentine Republic, for $1,300,000 (£260,000). |
 | | At first the project of settling Russian refugees on a large scale in Argentina met with a protest from the government, but the matter was amicably arranged. |
 | | Its success is attributable (1) to the fact that the colonists had time to gain the experience they needed, and (2) to the aid accorded them by the Jewish Colonization Association by the creation of lucerne fields. |
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