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: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.
: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.
:Also, the timeframe on Kollontai is incorrect. She's elected Commissar for Public Health at the second all Russian congress of soviets in 1917, and resigns in 1922, five years later.