The love story of immigrants who lived in the same city and met in the USA
He was invited to work as one of the twelve best candidates from around the world - a physicist and programmer Ustin Zarubin. His wife Julia Zarubina is a stylish photographer and mother of two children. Their American history began in the small town of Chattanooga.
Ustin was born with the city of Chirchik, Uzbekistan. He lived there for four years, and then the family moved to Russia in the city of Vladimir. Parents worked in Moscow, so they constantly had to travel from Vladimir to the capital and back.
Julia was also born in Chirchik, where she lived until 10 years. After her parents moved to Balashikha, near Moscow. Julia lived there until 25 years.
American history of Ustin began with his sister, who worked as a translator. One of her clients invited to the United States, where he met his son. The acquaintance ended with a wedding, for which the Ustin family arrived. His mother did not want the family to live separately, so they stayed in America.
Despite the fact that the parents of Ustin and Yulia knew each other all their lives, their children never saw each other and did not even know about the existence of each other. After the move, Ustin's mother on social networks found Julia's mother, who at the time was about to visit America. After learning Yulina plans, her mother invited her to visit.
“We liked each other, but we didn’t know how to communicate with each other, because I didn’t speak Russian well then—it’s better now. Yulia did not speak enough English, that is, there were difficulties in communication,” recalls Ustin. “It seems to me that our relationship strengthened when we started talking more.” We could sit and talk all night. We talked about everything: nature, weather, astrology, physics.”
After Julia left for her homeland, Ustin realized that it no longer makes sense to look for someone. They communicated by skype, and one day he made an offer to Yulia during an audio call to Ustin.
“I was taken aback and asked again, this was definitely an offer, to which I received an affirmative answer,” recalls Yulia. “There were no cameras on the computer then, so Ustin said he got down on his knees and proposed.” There was no doubt, and Julia answered: “Yes.”
Julia was amazed by America. First of all, she was impressed by nature: squirrels, deer, morning birdsong and in general - everything around. The second vivid memory was the university campus where Ustin worked.
“I could not even imagine such a university campus. These magnificent buildings, audiences that are equipped with everything you can. I remember that moment when we entered the audience, and there were hundreds of computers Apple . “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” Yulia recalls with a smile. “At that moment I realized that I wanted my children to study here.”
Prior to moving to America, Julia was engaged in strategic planning of advertising campaigns, working at the largest Russian advertising agency at that time. Having moved to America, Julia wanted to take something creative, and chose a photo. Everything went easy, and at the moment she is working with interior designers, hotels and restaurants, selling them her works.
Julia does not bind herself to any particular nationality.
“We are not looking for connections with the past. We are happy where we are. The understanding comes that you can find yourself anywhere in the world. This feeling of being a citizen of the world is important and healthy. This helps us live and achieve what we want,” says Yulia.
Ustin works as a programmer and is completely satisfied with his work. In 2016, he applied for the program "The GigRelated to startups. The jury selected the 12 man in the world, among whom was Ustin. At that moment, he studied physics, then began programming, and eventually combined both directions, so the family remained in the city of Chattanooga.
Julia believes that this is the best place for raising children: nature, a lot of places to play with children.
Yulia's pregnancy turned out to be a big surprise for both of them. It so happened that Ustin literally in a few days mastered a programming language and was hired.
He now works as a technical director of a company called Shimmoor. This application is for influence agents (influencers) and famous people. He stands at the head of a team of three people and makes sure that all tasks are completed. He also designs and codes the most difficult tasks so that the work of the company goes smoothly.
“What I like most about my job is that I can work from home, since the company itself is located in Los Angeles,” says Ustin. - I'm close to my family. I can come and play with the children or be with my wife. And I really like it."
The eldest son, who is three years old, speaks Russian well and correctly, Yulia believes. “In the car there is a disk on which 200 songs from Russian cartoons are recorded. Andrey sings about 100. He knows them by heart and sings perfectly. This could be in the morning or evening,” says Yulia. Despite this, Ustin speaks to his son in English.
“I don’t consider myself either Russian or American. When I came here, I was immersed in American culture, but my parents forced me to read Russian and speak only Russian. Somehow it turned out that when I grew up, I did not move in any direction - neither towards Russian culture, nor towards American. I'm stuck somewhere in the middle. Sometimes this is a problem: I don’t understand people, what they mean, why they act this way and not otherwise,” says Ustin.
Ustin and Yulia were lucky, because they live in 20 minutes from Ustin's parents, who often come to sit with their children, while Ustin and Yulia are at work. Children are surrounded by colossal love. Yulina's parents also come to visit.
Living in America, Ustin and Yulya dream to open their companies and continue to develop in the direction in which they are working now.
“We don’t have any specific tasks for children. No. We want them to move freely through life. We want them to do what they are passionate about. For our part, we will support them in any case,” say Yulia and Ustin.
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