“The beautiful ancient river Bug, flowing in the south between the Dnieper and the Dniester and flowing, like them, into the Black Sea, crosses two provinces - Kherson and Podolsk - where, spread out in disorder, there are two Jewish towns - Golta and Bogopol. Both towns actually constitute one city, but the river separated them, as if torn in half, and people connected them with a bridge, so that both towns united again into one city: it’s like you’re in Bogopol, and after about five minutes you’re already in Golta . And when you go back, it’s the same thing: you’ve just been in Galt, and before you have time to look back, you’re already back in Bogopol!..”