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Brin and Page met at Stanford University, where the two were working on new ideas in information technology.

Russia difficult because of the policies of the Russian communist party. Members of the communist party did not treat Jewish people fairly and often took steps to keep them out of important roles in society. Jewish people were prohibited from studying certain sciences under the communist party’s leadership, including physics. Many Jewish people were barred from universities altogether, and Brin’s family was no exception. Brin’s father, Michael, was forced to give up his dreams of one day becoming an astronomer. He went on to study

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