Jews. Swiss rules and policies restrictive to Jews remained in place well into the 19th century. Russia Up to 1862, the Polish Jews visiting Russia were treated as foreigners, and as such were not admitted into the interior of the empire. On the other hand, the Russian Jews had great difficulty in entering Poland, and those who went there for business had to pay a "Geleitzoll." In 1826, the representatives of the Jewish community of Kovno petitioned the government for the abolition of the tax, which amounted then to fifteen Polish florins. By order of Emperor Nicholas I this application was referred to the Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, then Viceroy of Poland, who stated that he considered the abolition of the tax inexpedient, but proposed decreasing its amount and regulating it according to age, sex, and business occupation. He deemed it advisable to introduce a similar tax in Russia, and suggested that each Polish Jew entering Russia, and each Russian Jew entering Poland, should be supplied with a pass descriptive of the place of its issuance, the bearer's business, etc. The local police was to be charged with the inspection of the passes. In consequence of this report, Emperor Nicholas ordered the minister of finance to communicate with the proper authorities, and to draft the regulations for the introduction of the tax in question. After a prolonged correspondence with the Polish authorities the minister found the proposed measure to be inexpedient, not only because of the decrease in the revenues which it would effect, but also because of possible complications and abuses in its enforcement. The "Geleitzoll", therefore, remained until abolished by an ukase of 24 May 1862. Similar taxes elsewhere Other taxes mainly or exclusively targeting Jews: Beard tax Diploma tax Jewish poll tax Jewish tax Kosher tax Rabbi tax Temple tax Tolerance tax Wealth tax See also Blood money laws Cantonist recruitment Caste system Court Jew Danegeld Devşirme system Dazdie Ghetto More Judaico Jizya tax Judenhut Judenrat Protection money Tallage Shtadlan Useful Jew Yellow badge References Geiger, Jüd. Zeit. vol. v., pp. 126–145, 335–347; Jewish Chronicle, 12 June 1903; Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1890, No. 28; Grätz, Geschichte der Juden, passim; Pervy Polny Svod Zakonov, vol. x., No. 6703; Mysh, Rukovodstvo k Russkomu Zakonodatelstvu o Yevreyakh, p. 18, St. Petersburg, 1890. Jewish German history Jewish Polish history Jews and Judaism in the Russian Empire Religion in the Holy