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Despite having a mother of Jewish origin, what was Metchnikoff's religion by baptism?
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Russian Orthodox
Jewish
Answer
Metchnikoff was born into a Jewish family in the Russian Empire, but he was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church as a child. This was not uncommon at the time, as many Jews in the Russian Empire were pressured to convert to Christianity. Metchnikoff's mother was a devout Jew, but she did not object to her son's baptism.
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