About the book: 1997 / Abram Rabkin. Down the Shosseynaya. Neva, 1997, No. 8 On the pages of the story “Down along Shosseynaya” (today it is Bakharov Street), A. Rabkin resurrected the world of pre-war Bobruisk that had faded into oblivion. He invites you to return “to Shosseynaya, where there is an old linden tree, and a garden, and the doors open with a light, cracked ringing, similar to the strike of an ancient clock. There, where there are burdocks and purple flashes of thorns, and Godkin sews fashionable ladies' coats, and his beautiful daughters get ready to dance. A wonderful street, this Shosseynaya, and my soul, exhausted by the surging pain, falls again and again to it. And with a frantic bouquet, warming and comforting me, the small houses, trees, fences and gates, cobblestones and chimneys bloomed again... I walk along Shosseynaya again, look into the windows, touch the rough shutters and listen to the distant voices of its famous inhabitants..." The Tale read in one breath, the truthfulness of the artistic intensity and its poetry are so captivating. It has many life scenes, memorable details, it is densely populated by its heroes and is alive with their wisdom..