Nick Neim's Stories

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  • FLASHES – Part two – Chapter 6 – My entire family gathers here

    Part One – Here (Western Hemisphere) CHAPTER SIX – MY ENTIRE FAMILY GATHERS HERE How did the immigration mechanism usually work? People applied for entry and had interview at US embassies in various countries. Naturally, we went through it at the US Embassy in the USSR, during the years of perestroika, when citizens began to be…

  • FLASHES – Part two – Chapter 5 – Concerns and Meetings

    Part One – Here (Western Hemisphere) CHAPTER FIVE – CONCERNS AND MEETINGS Now, many years after moving, past events look like filming in an accelerated rhythm: we arrived, learned a language, learned a specialty, got settled, raised children, helped relatives to settle, communicated with friends and even traveled. But, in fact, life then, compared to now, did…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 79 – Departure and arrival

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE – DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL And then we returned home, and seeing offs after seeing offs began. Feasts. Farewells. My classmates gave me a farewell party at Sveta’s (I talked about it in Chapter 21). Soon the plane tickets were in our hands. So we said goodbye to our…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 78 – The last year at home: life before leaving

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT – THE LAST YEAR AT HOME: LIFE BEFORE LEAVING The most surprising thing was the change in the rules of emigration. Previously, people moved out, literally broke out, anywhere (to Vienna, Rome) and then headed wherever they wanted, if they could. I really didn’t like the stories about the annual…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 77 – The last year at home: initial setup

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN – THE LAST YEAR AT HOME: INITIAL SETUP The very first adventure awaited us on the city station platform. Despite the fact that the hospitable beer advertisement was still shining on the station square, something elusive in the spirit of the city had changed. The police, noticing that we…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 76 – Latest Moscow sketches

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX – LATEST MOSCOW SKETCHES Sometimes we returned to the resident’s headquarter – our SRISI, although over time the role and importance of the central management decreased. Perhaps this was due to the development of democracy in the country, when the general, the party and hundreds of…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 74 – The Moscow experiment: Work and life (Part 2)

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR – THE MOSCOW EXPERIMENT: WORK AND LIFE (PART 2) And now, a few stories about life, although don’t be surprised, perhaps some of them will again be about work. These stories also can be divided into two types – about local and metropolitan life. We actually lived…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 70 – Years in the Medical School (Part 5) – Distribution to work

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY – YEARS IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL (PART 5) –  DISTRIBUTION TO WORK The dean of the medical faculty, professor of medicine Irakli Alexandrovich Tskhirtladze summoned me to his study and confidentially stated, “Neiman, you shouldn’t appear unpresented on the State Distribution of Workplaces!” Apparently, my dilated pupils eloquently…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 69 – Years in the Medical School (Part 4)

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SIXTY NINE – YEARS IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL (PART 4) Sometime in the middle of my medical school, my dad emigrated. My wife and I saw him and Rimma off at the city train station. I didn’t go to Moscow for the farewell; we had not yet become close…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 68 – Years in the Medical School (Part 3) – History of Chichiko

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT – YEARS IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL (PART 3) – HISTORY OF CHICHICO I’m making a small digression. This true story, which has no direct relevance to me, happened when I was in my fifth year of medical school. But the people described in it are well familiar…