although politics was not central to her life, noether took a keen interest in political matters and, according to alexandrov, showed considerable support for the russian revolution. she was especially happy to see soviet advances in the fields of science and mathematics, which she considered indicative of new opportunities made possible by the bolshevik project. this attitude caused her problems in germany, culminating in her eviction from a pension lodging building, after student leaders complained of living with "a marxist-leaning jewess".