And the punishments inflicted on those who seek to leave of their own free will serve to underline that all citizens rights are enjoyed only at the sufferance of the 8oviet state. Application to leave the Soviet Union entails immediate loss of work. dismissal from professional organizations. revocation of academic degrees. police surveillance. arbitrary search of homes. revocation of residence. and the threat of physical assault by goon squads sanctioned by the official police apparatus. Despite all this. there are still tens of thousands who apply to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Officially sanctioned antisemitism is another feature of Czarist Russia which remains alive in the U.S.S.R. Jews are the only Soviet citizens identified by religionethnic background in their compulsory internal passports.
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