The strict laws of the Soviet Union and the ruling party's harsh policy on dissent – ​​failure to comply with which resulted in penalties such as internment and forced expulsion to autonomous regions, and even death – led to significant unrest among religious and ethnic minority groups, including Jews. Under Soviet rule, traditional religious practices were replaced by secular alternatives, and these policies applied in equal measure to Gentiles and Jews. These traditions were considered “superstitious” and the government even sought to distribute religious materials – such as the Passover haggadot – for holidays that contained the ideological pillars of communism. The increasingly repressive environment in which all media were controlled, censored, and scrutinized to ensure adherence to party policies and beliefs ultimately caused the majority of Jews in the former Soviet Union and its satellites to want emigrate. Politicians not only controlled the media created, but also their creation. The impact of nearly a million people who immigrated to Israel following the collapse of the Soviet Union forever changed the political, social and economic landscape of this young nation. For most of the 20th century, individual citizens of the Soviet Union who wished to emigrate had to obtain exit visas, the majority of which were refused and resulted in loss of Communist Party membership, making them illegible to foreigners. public housing programs, job placement and educational opportunities. After the fall of the Soviet Union, these laws were impossible to enforce and hundreds of thousands of Jews were able to immigrate to Israel under the cover of aliya, the law of return. This law states... middle of document... society is as dependent on its immigrants as it is resistant to their arrival (as evidenced by absorption failures). The immigrants who arrived in Israel in the 1990s were not the immigrants of previous decades: they came educated, some wealthy, and not with the aim of seeking refuge, but rather to advance professionally and socially in a more forgiving society towards their ethnic and religious origin. Russian immigrants to Israel have forever changed the economic and political landscape, allowing a major liberal coalition to come to power and carry out reforms, and are also active in the modern electoral system by voting for conservative candidates who are more likely to defend Israel's borders than the elderly. Their influx changed the workforce and grew the population, and their overall inclusion led to modern, multicultural Israel..