To the 115th anniversary of Isaac Babel 115 years ago, a boy, Isaac, was born in Odessa, the son of a businessman Emmanuil Bobel. The boy had a hard life. At first, Isaac was not taken to the Odessa Commercial School (the Jewish percentage quota was not enough: 10% for the "Pale of Settlement", 5% - outside it and 3% - for both capitals). I had to study at home for a year.