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by betaby 3183 days ago
Not true at all. How that explain then world known physicists and mathematicians from USSR with Jewish names?
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lohankin 3183 days ago
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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dia80 3183 days ago
I recall it was Moscow state university they wouldn't admit any, other schools would
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