The Soviets did not like Jews. My russian friend back in the 90s showed me her id card from Moscow and it had a big J in the upper RH corner.
A lot of people don't know this. I did a quick search and found one article talking about the id cards.
https://www.jweekly.com/1997/10/31/ethnicity-line-axed-from-russian-passports/
The Soviets did not like Jews. My russian friend back in the 90s showed me her id card from Moscow and it had a big J in the upper RH corner. A lot of people don't know this. I did a quick search and found one article talking about the id cards. https://www.jweekly.com/1997/10/31/ethnicity-line-axed-from-russian-passports/