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:Thank you for the links. When possible we given specifics so I have noted the female minister's name and her title. I have also put the date of the speech for Lenin's denouncing of anti-semitism. Likewise, I have removed the reference to a women's right to vote taking place under Lenin's government, since the source says 1917 and Lenin's government came to power in November 1917. It is unclear if this occurred due to his government or under the previous government that he overthrew. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 00:01, 4 March 2008 (EST)
:Thank you for the links. When possible we given specifics so I have noted the female minister's name and her title. I have also put the date of the speech for Lenin's denouncing of anti-semitism. Likewise, I have removed the reference to a women's right to vote taking place under Lenin's government, since the source says 1917 and Lenin's government came to power in November 1917. It is unclear if this occurred due to his government or under the previous government that he overthrew. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 00:01, 4 March 2008 (EST)
:I think the inclusion of anti-semitism's history in Russia is crucial. It's not simply that the czar and co. were anti-semitic. It's that hatred towards Jews was as deeply ingrained in Russian history as white supremacy is in America. Read practically any Jewish newspaper from around the world in 1917-1918 and you'll find celebrations of the Soviet Government's campaign against pogroms. The fact that Jews like Trotsky, Zionviev, and Kamenev were in high government was a further indication of the magnitude of the change Lenin's government made when it came to anti-semitism.