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In the previous — especially in the last three — chapters one could find from time to time my personal reminiscences about some events of J.I.’s life. I think and hope, however, that my readers (“If”, as the great Russian poet Pushkin wrote, “God should give me readers!”) will agree with me that I myself, as a rule, “stayed off stage.” I was 21 years old when my father died, so I knew him well and I remember a lot. I would like in conclusion to share some of my reminiscences which are presented as separate (quantum) episodes not necessarily tied together.
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I translated this chapter into English myself. I would like to thank my brother, Sergei Frenkel, for his kindness in amending and improving my English. Three or four pages of the chapter I took from a paper I published in the Russian journal (Zvezda, Nos. 9–10, 1991) which was translated by Ms. Darlene Reddaway and which, I hope, will be published in the United States.
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It was not necessary to explain the situation for the Russian readers, but maybe I should explain for foreigners that the food given to Father was taken from a more than modest reserve and that of course Grandmother always had her own share.
The state plan to electrify Russia.
When in 1980 I undertook to publish this book (under my editorship) as the first issue of «The Library of the Journal «Quant»» which is so popular now, for me it was a tribute not only to Bronstein’s memory but to my father’s memory as well.
This village was situated 100 miles from Leningrad and was the homeland of Maria (Masha) and Daria (Dasha) Nikolaevs, two sisters who connected their lives with our family and lived with us for more than 3 decades, until they died.
This order gave a nominal right to buy some firewood.
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Frenkel, V.Y. (1996). A Mosaic of Reminiscences. In: Yakov Ilich Frenkel. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8490-7_9
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