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Many Jews lived in Starodub; it had a synagogue. I visited several times
when I was a child, in the summers between 1935 and 1941. In the center of
the city was "Red Square," a large marketplace. People traveled by horse,
so there were tethering posts around the square. On the edge of the square
stood a small one-floor building, like a barn. My grandfather Yankel Paskov
lived inside. In this building were two little rooms with very low
ceilings. The entrance to his lodgings was through the carpentry workshop,
in which his tools hung and his workbench stood. And at the end of a yard
was a cart.
The closest railroad station was called Unecha. We traveled there by horse.
In the city was a narrow gauge railroad, used to transport timber, and also
railroad workshops.
when I was a child, in the summers between 1935 and 1941. In the center of
the city was "Red Square," a large marketplace. People traveled by horse,
so there were tethering posts around the square. On the edge of the square
stood a small one-floor building, like a barn. My grandfather Yankel Paskov
lived inside. In this building were two little rooms with very low
ceilings. The entrance to his lodgings was through the carpentry workshop,
in which his tools hung and his workbench stood. And at the end of a yard
was a cart.
The closest railroad station was called Unecha. We traveled there by horse.
In the city was a narrow gauge railroad, used to transport timber, and also
railroad workshops.
Period
Location
Starodub
Russia
Interview
Alexander Paskov