A year ago, I did not even think about returning. They say that the first few years are the most difficult, and then you begin to rebuild. I kept waiting for it to happen to me, trying to somehow explain my rejection, trying to notice and appreciate the dignity ...

For some reason, the first thing that caught my eye when I parked at the house of actor Ilya Baskin was a mailbox. The same one that appears so often in American cinema and is associated with a green lawn, a swimming pool, smiling neighbors and, of course, the house itself - cozy,...