Ekaterina Letuchaya

One gets anything in life only if he has harmony inside himself.

We live in a material world, that’s why people’s desire to donate, to support old people or, let’s say, restore neglected monuments; that doesn’t just make you glad, it does surprise you nowadays!

I miss my native St. Petersburg. I can’t say that I’ve dreamt to live in Moscow. That just happened one day. My friends are still keeping asking: “So Kate, are you going to stay for long in Moscow? When are you going to come back?” Well, and I’ve been here for 7 years already… I’ve been living in Moscow for 7 years. And I am very happy about this change, here I’ve got my new friends and close people.

I am highly concerned about Moscow — its architecture is somehow severely and sophisticatedly unpunishedly destroyed.

At time the work takes that much time that you willy-nilly think: “Oh, God, there must be something left I am living for!” But after all I can’t do without my work.

I am externally quite calm and reasonable. But it’s so hot inside!

I’ve got a strong intuition. At times it makes me disregard somebody’s recommendations as well as conventional rules. I can feel that in case I follow the conventional and easier way I will just break myself and violate my internal principles.

I think that love is the reason to live. Love stands for enunciation of one's “ego”. We are all strong egoists. Everything we do we do for ourselves. And the fact that you are ready to forget about yourself, you are ready to do something that will make other person happy leaving out your egoism definitely means that you do love.

Well, of course there social stamps interpreting family, and there are especially strong in the province. Well, the fact that you are not married at a certain age is taken differently by different people, not always positively, I must say. And I am glad to live in the society that doesn’t care about these stereotypes. Nevertheless I treat marriage really seriously. A marriage implies taking responsibility. It must be a reasonable and balanced decision. Your family will definitely be happy and strong if you are ready to be responsible for another person, to mind your responsibility every other second.

I am surprised by people, showing optimist and strong will, though they seem not to be able to show ones. Once I see a man poorly endowed by his fate and still smiling and still feeling like doing something I tend to start meditation on my own reason to live. I thank God for what I’ve got. That is also the moment when I stop moaning and selfpiting.

Well, in Moscow boundaries seem to be so fuzzy. People are often ready to violate the basic moral norms for the sake of something instantaneous. It’s like they do not understand that they can not take everything with them… I stick to the saying: “Do not forget that there will be no pockets in your last suit”.

I can be irreconcilable. I pay great attention to trifles. That makes me cavil and pull down a man who has no idea how his words and actions can tell on other people. I do not cry, my look and tone are just enough, a sort of Neva ice they are, you know (laughing).

One time in six month my friend and I just ask each other the following question: “What is wrong with me?” Such outside perspective is just indispensable to life for me. Honesty and pure openness are the key values about friendship for me. How are you going to move ahead if you ignore your own drawbacks?

I want to bring up my children in Tsarskoye Selo. I want to breed horses and have a large house, full of beautiful antique things. Well, I also want, let’s say at the age of 85, to become a smart and energetic granny, to visit conservatory with my friends, wearing high heels and diamonds and then chill out in a café, chat, laugh and drink champagne.