Editing Numerus clausus (section)

=== USSR ===
{{See also|Antisemitism in Soviet mathematics}}

Certain scientific and educational institutions in the USSR, such as the [[MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics]] implemented anti-Jewish restrictions in the second half of the XX century under the guise of ''numerus clausus''. Officially claimed to help promote enrollment of applicants belonging to ethnic minorities underrepresented in Soviet science, such as [[Yakuts]], this policy was effectively used to discriminate Jewish applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Лукьянова |first=Юлия |title=Возведенный в степень. Портрет Виктора Садовничего, математика, который не просчитался. |url=https://www.proekt.media/portrait/viktor-sadovnichyi/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shen |first=Alexander |title=Entrance Examinations to the Mekh-mat |url=http://3038.org/press/shen.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Szpiro |first=George |title=Bella Abramovna Subbotovskaya and the "Jewish People's University" |url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200710/200710-full-issue.pdf |journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society |volume=54 |issue=10 |pages=1326}}</ref> According to [[Edward Frenkel]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frenkel |first=Edward |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/849801108 |title=Love and math : the heart of hidden reality |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-465-05074-1 |location=New York |oclc=849801108}}</ref> this led to a creation of a strong mathematical community in the advanced mathematics department of [[Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas]], which as a consequence was composed to a significant degree of Jewish students denied entry to the Moscow State University.