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About the talk
Anti-Semitism in the USSR had several often contradictory faces. Well before the Revolutions of 1917, Russia was one of the most anti-Semitic countries in Europe. It was the land of pogroms. In both official policy and popular culture, anti-Semitism was deeply embedded in Tsarist society. But after 1917, the situation was more complex and for various political reasons official Soviet policy toward Jews had its own changing trajectories, with alternating highs and lows that encouraged or discouraged traditional anti-Semitism. This talk explores official Soviet policy toward Jews from 1917 to 1991
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About the speaker
Arch Getty is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He specializes in the Stalin period and the history of the Soviet Communist Party.
Cost : Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Wende Museum