Book Yitzhak Kogan , rabbi of the synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya in Moscow - a bright , fascinating memoir novel about a man , in his early years living aspirations and ideals of the Jewish people . Reading these pages , do not stop to wonder how the share of one person , even if the absolute leader could fall as dramatic events , many of which have become iconic not only in the life of Rabbi Kogan , but the fate of countries and peoples in the middle of the past - the beginning of this centuries. Book is a wide range of readers who are not indifferent to the nation's history - and its their compatriots.
The idea of this book belongs to the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem VII Mendel Schneerson .
An audience in 1986, immediately after the departure of our family from the Soviet Union , he said that definitely need to write a book about how evolved Jewish life in the USSR. Rebbe expressed this thought , turning to me . And turning to my wife Sopha , added : "You have to help him ." Sofa has left this world . But I have to fulfill a mandate Lubavitcher Rebbe. I want to talk about the events witnessed and direct participant which made me life.