Comment on The Fifth problem: math and anti-Semitism in the Soviet UnionparentComments−btilly13yhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia suggests that it started way before that under Catherine the Great.−zalew13yI feel OPs question is about the modern era.−TeMPOraL13yThings of today usually have some roots in things of the past.−randomafrican13y"in the Soviet Union" And quite a few has been written on the enthusiasm of part of the Russian jews for USSR because they were so oppressed under the Tsarist regime.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia suggests that it started way before that under Catherine the Great.
I feel OPs question is about the modern era.
Things of today usually have some roots in things of the past.
"in the Soviet Union" And quite a few has been written on the enthusiasm of part of the Russian jews for USSR because they were so oppressed under the Tsarist regime.