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Leonid's cousin Eugenia Landman was admitted to university that year: she was a 'half-blood', her mother was Jewish. At school Eugenia and Leonid studied in one class and were always on good terms. Leonid won the city mathematics contest and even the All-Russia Olympiad, and Eugenia was the winner of the All-Union Olympiad, and received a gold medal at school: there was not a single year throughout her 10-year studies when she didn't receive an honorary diploma. [School children were awarded honorary diplomas for excellent results at Soviet schools during that period.
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Alla Kolton