 Complete the following phrase:  One of the responses of the Siedlce pogrom was the organization of Jewish self-defense groups in many cities and towns, although according to other sources, those groups existed before that pogrom, even in Siedlce. The pogrom has been widely condemned in public opinion in Poland and abroad and by most Polish political parties. The Polish press was uimous in denouncing these acts of violence. Polish and Jewish deputies to the Russian parliament the Duma demanded an investigation, which eventually reached the conclusion that the events were caused by some soldiers acting without official orders. The outcome was disappointing for the Russians, and dissuaded the Russian government from organizing more pogroms in Poland, as the Siedlce and 