“Recalling Something from the Early Days”
The editor-in-chief of the Russian Art Magazine relates to the reader her love history, which could not have happened if not for His Majesty Chance… Fifty years ago, a group of discharged reenlistedservicemen were returning home from their place of duty in Alma-Ata. Among these happy men were two friends who suggested to their buddies to meet in Moscow. They got together on Arbat Street near the Khudozhestvenny movie theater on June 10, 1975. Why has a summer day with a downpour become life-changing and what should the qualities of a young man be to turn from a stranger into the most important person on earth – this we will learn from the author of this very intimate article.
Key words: army friendship, Victor and Elena Bekhtiyeva, life-changing meeting, love at first sight, a Moscow yard, reminiscences.