>I would not say there was less social mobility under Brezhnev compared to
>today. Farmer's son could go to study in the Moscow State University or any
>other prestigious educational institution.
Unless they were Jews, of course... ----------------------------------- Actually, for all Russia's history of anti-Semitism, I personally have encountered very little of it here. I have, on the other hand, seen a hell of a lot of hostility toward Caucasians (and I had a Russian Jew explain to me that it's OK for the Israelis to do what they're doing because "Arabs are just like Chechens"). (I've also heard a Chechen, albeit a very drunk one, advocate that Russia just lay waste to his homeland to wipe out the jihadists, which was pretty creepy to hear.)
Chris Doss The Russia Journal