 These repressions embittered many Jews against Russian society, convincing many that Russia could no longer be their home.The Tsar's minister Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev stated the aim of the government with regard to the Jews was that "One third will die out, one third will leave the country and one third will be completely dissolved in the surrounding population".The pogroms and the repressive legislation resulted in the mass emigration of Jews to western Europe and America.