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#INSPIRE
“The shortest distance between
t w o p e o p l e i s a s t o r y. . .”
if you believe they can. But even when I stood on the threshold of the
cherished castle, I knew that I had not yet become a Princess. What
I n e e d e d w a s a b a l l ! I n 2 0 1 7, I o f f i c i a l l y b e c a m e t h e d e b u t a n t e o f t h e
1 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y V i e n n a B a l l i n M o s c o w, a n d d a n c e d m y f i r s t w a l t z .
At that moment, I felt that I had fulfilled all my childhood dream!
Though as it turned out, the main thing was that I discovered was my
talent to tell stories. Once I had heard the story of Princess Diana, I
found a dream. I sincerely believe that every person has a story that
can motivate dozens or even hundreds of people. And my purpose
I
had
always
admired
the I want to live in this castle
people who could play and be its’ princess!» Mother
musical instruments. When smiled at me and told me that
the question of what I would it was
learn to play arose, I wavered that building where the most
between a violin, seeking to talented children of our country
become Va n e s s a - s t u d y. A t t h a t m o m e n t I f e l t t h a t
Mae, and a piano, dreaming of I had found yet another dream.
similar
to
being able to play my favourite
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impossible
After
my
8th
to
live
year
in
of
in life is to share not only my own stories, but also other people’s.
And how exactly will I be able to do that? The answer is very simple:
through journalism. When I started writing my first articles, I got
close to people and felt the need to share that stories, sometimes
incredible and insanely motivating! Hobbies from my childhood
gave me the necessary basis for finding contact with people from
entirely different spheres of human conduct, and my education in
international relations gave me a tool that expanded my audience
from Russian-speaking to Spanish and English-speaking people. I’ve
overcome all the boundaries that have bound my talent for years!One
melodies of Ludovico Einaudi. schooling I entered an evening I n t h e e n d , I s e tt l e d o n t h e s c h o o l “ Yo u n g j o u r n a l i s t ” a t t h e piano. Music became for me a faculty of journalism in MSU, world in its own which helped I completely fell in love with cope my this place. I felt that my way is age,tragedies of first love and only MSU, I don’t want to study with the early failures in life. anywhere else. And here I am, tell you how I’ve became an accomplice in еhe hostilities in Israel or
I had always known where I standing in front of the main even how I traveled Iceland. All of the above and much more comprises
would go to study after school. building of the best University m y s t o r i e s , w h i c h I ’ m g o i n g t o t e l l y o u o n e d a y.
When I was 6, we passed with o f m y c o u n t r y, h o l d i n g m y r e d mother by the main building diploma o f M S U , a n d I s a i d : « M u m m y, realize that dreams come true
with
burdens
of
in
hands,
I
finally
m o re t h i n g . . . P re - d i p lo m a t , a c t i ve c i t i z e n j o u r n a l i s t , wo rld t r a ve le r,
14 countries, a speaker of 3 languages, an actress, an artist, a huge
f a n o f h i s t o r y, y o u r o w n g u i d e o n a n i n c r e d i b l e j o u r n e y t o M o s c o w,
Munich, Barcelona. I’ll take you to my favorite bakery in Geneva,
show the best views from the top of the Alps as we go snowboarding,
ZLATA TEREKHOVA
Editor-in-Chief
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