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Re:These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people fro... by betaby on Saturday October 07, 2017 @12:41PM (#15424460)
Not true at all. How that explain then world known physicists and mathematicians from USSR with Jewish names?
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Re:These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people fro... by lohankin on Saturday October 07, 2017 @01:24PM (#15424672)
If not for this quota, you would have much greater number of "known physicists and mathematicians from USSR with Jewish names" LOL In some places (Moscow University math dep-t) the target was about 2%, but I heard some technical schools didn't accept anyone (after Natan Scharansky affair. Long story...)
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Re:These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people fro... by dia80 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @04:07PM (#15425435)
I recall it was Moscow state university they wouldn't admit any, other schools would
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