These essayswere writtenin the mid-1980s.At that time,the rightof accessto the necessarymaterialswere not,and laterin Israel,itwas not there-but forother reasonsso to speak,because of theremoteness of theobject of study.Sothose readerswhose sightislivingthe lifeof the city, the authorasksnot to be toodemanding(especially whereit comes tostreet names,house numbers, etc.).
Nevertheless,essayshave been written,assembled together, the collectionwas formed.The author is awarethat this is notresearch,but ratherthe approaches to it, the fragmentsshould belargeon the historyof Jewsin Moscow.Maybesomeday, andthis workI will be ableto proceed.
I dedicatethis bookto threepeopledear to me:my fatherAbramDispersal, whotaught me tosee and feel theoldcity,my uncleLeoDispersal- himselfthe scribe, and heaccompaniedmy childhoodbest ofbooks,and, finally,my cousinAnatoliaOverclockingwhose diligence, Ilearnedthat sucha historicalsearch.
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