In the book, the author talentedly and vividly talks about his early years, about how a Jewish boy and his family lived in Soviet Uzbekistan in the 60-70s of the last century. “Old City”… “Earthquake”… “Kosher chickens”… “Tekin carpet and other treasures”… “A fun night under the apricots” - the very titles of the chapters arouse interest. And, indeed, each of them takes us into the world of a child, full of discoveries and events. Makes you feel the atmosphere in which a small Bukharan Jew lives, either in the huge Uzbek city of Tashkent or in the multinational industrial Chirchik. The book “It All Starts with Childhood” attracted attention and received high praise. “... it captivates the reader from the very first pages. The impressions of childhood are bright and voluminous... The book makes you think about life. It helps us imagine that terrible time when the dominant communist ideology crippled the fates of millions of people...” — this is what Doctor of Historical Sciences David Ochildiev writes about the book.