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There was a big shoe store of Lapshuk on Alexandrovskaya Street. On Pushkin Street, Karaims [followers of the sect of Judaism founded in the 8th century] owned a 'Pamona' store, which sold citrus and other exotic fruits. There were smaller stores in the lower tower i.e. the haberdashery store of Matracht owned by Lukstick, and another store owned by Leiderman. There were excellent confectioneries in Kishinev. There was one owned by Gohman near where we lived. This building still stands on the corner. They served orange juice and Italian 'tutti-frutti' wrapped in aluminum foil, and also chocolate chestnuts. We went there occasionally, but I didn't have a sweet tooth. I liked bananas, which were expensive, but my parents used to buy me one banana.
There were horse-drawn carts and trams in Kishinev. Only wealthy plant owners like Shor had cars. Shor, a Jew, owned a distillery. There were a few libraries in the town: a municipal library in primaria, the Moldovan National Library was based in it. There is a rare books department in it. There was a Russian library of clerks on Mikhailovskaya Street: I used to read books in Russian there, when studying at the gymnasium. There were school libraries. There were two vocational Jewish schools for girls and many Jewish schools for boys: and all of them had libraries. People read a lot due to lack of other entertainment. There were two big cinema theaters: Odeon and another cinema; I don't remember the name. We even watched Soviet movies during the Romanian rule, 'Merry guys', 'Alexandr Nevskiy' and 'Happiness hunters' [(1936), about the establishment of Birobidzhan [15] in the Far East] that was shown under the title of 'Emigrants'.
There were horse-drawn carts and trams in Kishinev. Only wealthy plant owners like Shor had cars. Shor, a Jew, owned a distillery. There were a few libraries in the town: a municipal library in primaria, the Moldovan National Library was based in it. There is a rare books department in it. There was a Russian library of clerks on Mikhailovskaya Street: I used to read books in Russian there, when studying at the gymnasium. There were school libraries. There were two vocational Jewish schools for girls and many Jewish schools for boys: and all of them had libraries. People read a lot due to lack of other entertainment. There were two big cinema theaters: Odeon and another cinema; I don't remember the name. We even watched Soviet movies during the Romanian rule, 'Merry guys', 'Alexandr Nevskiy' and 'Happiness hunters' [(1936), about the establishment of Birobidzhan [15] in the Far East] that was shown under the title of 'Emigrants'.
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Kishinev
Moldova
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