When I was 12 we moved to Gomel. In Gomel lived many Jews. There were no special Jewish zones of residence: one could hear people speaking Yiddish all over the city. I do not remember any manifestations of antisemitism, I do not remember anybody talking about nationalities. It was the same at my school: we never discussed it. I finished the ten-year secondary school in Gomel and got only excellent marks. I sent my documents to the Leningrad Technological College and became a student of the chemical department there.