How do children from wealthy families differ from their peers?
Horseback riding, travel, architecture, English and piano lessons - Gorod talked to the children of Moscow businessmen and found out what the heirs of big capital are fond of.
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1. Nastya Terekhova, 6 years old
Mom is the editor of the PeoplePeople publishing house.
Dad is the head of the marketing communications agency Social Networks.
“Abroad it will be very difficult for you if you do not know the language, so English is the most important subject in school. I'm not going anywhere yet, I'm fine here. It seems that in our country there are no problems - everyone lives well, right? Here I study at a private school, it has a branch in the Moscow region, where I live. I love school very much and will be a class teacher when I grow up. I rarely go to Moscow, and my mom and dad are there almost all the time. I only go to Mega, Detsky Mir, a polyclinic and a theater. The last time we went to the musical "Beauty and the Beast": they sang about the princess there and everything ended well.
2. With the whole family, we walk on those weekends when dad does not need to go on a business trip. He travels all over the world and brings me gifts: for example, from Cherepovets I asked to bring a skull or a turtle - and he brought a box in the form of a skull. I also love to travel, I was once in Greece, four times in America, twice in Spain, once in Montenegro and, in my opinion, that's it. Most of all, of course, I love the States. There we go to visit friends who live near the ocean. Mom and dad have a lot of American friends, so we always have fun there.
My favorite book is "Deniska's Stories", my dad's name is also that. I have almost no time for other entertainment, the schedule is as follows: chess, aikido, dancing, a theater studio, classes at a horse farm - every day for half an hour, until it snows. I have already learned to gallop without holding on to the saddle.”
3. Mark Shaforost, 7 years old
Mom is the owner of a candy store.
Dad is a businessman.
“I study at school No. 1234, I recently went to the first grade. I like it, of course, there are many things there: other children, and the teacher Lyudmila Anatolyevna - she teaches well and is kind. The school has a football field and chess boards, but no piano, so I study at home. I already know how to play the Blue Danube waltz by Strauss. Now I already like to play, but at first my mother had to force me a little. On Saturdays I go to architecture lessons: we build houses from different materials - I also like it. Until I decided who I want to be - a composer or an architect. I know for sure that I don’t like to read, but I love to visit my grandmother in California. There is Legoland! Well, in general, it’s better to live in the USA after all. Russia has a lot of cars, a lot of garbage, and apparently not a lot of money. My mother doesn’t have much at all - I don’t even have enough for toys. And in California everything is great, it's warm there, you can walk and ride a bike. I have my own there.
4. I speak English very well, but for some reason I am not always the first in Moscow at school. I don't have that many friends. No phone or iPad either. The school forbids to use, so my mother does not buy. She is very busy and does a lot of things: for example, she goes to a factory where they make cookies, crisps and lollipops. Mom is the director of a company named after me, so I'm always the first to try what she cooks.
5. Sonya Georgieva, 10 years old
Mom is a socialite.
Dad is a businessman.
“I am in the 4th grade at the President School not far from my home in New Riga. I like to draw and play sports, I devote a lot of time to tennis, equestrian sports and swimming. I love dramatic books, for example, “Pollyanna” is a story about an orphan who was taken in by her strict and boring aunt. The book is about how hard it was for her, but she coped with difficulties and at the same time treated everyone with love and kindness.
I also play guitar and piano, listen to pop music, love Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Michael Jackson. In general, I like to spend time alone, in my room. I do crafts, applications and draw there. Sometimes my dad and brother and I go to the movies, and with my mom we go to fashion shows. I especially like the way my mom dresses. She inspires me, that's why I want to be a fashion designer. If the design doesn't work out, I'll follow in my grandmother's footsteps. She is a doctor and worked in a hospital.
6. In summer I like to be by the sea, for example, in the Maldives or Seychelles, in winter - in Courchevel, where I ski. It’s easy for me to communicate with foreigners, because I know English and French equally well - and, by the way, I like it more: it sounds better and in the old days many people spoke it. And life, perhaps, is good in Russia, because at the moment there are no problems in the country, except that we are not helping Ukraine enough. If I had a large amount of money, I would give it to charity, well, I would leave half to my parents.
If I choose a city in Russia where I would like to live, then it would be worth moving to warmer places, for example, to Sochi, and if the country, then to Monaco.
7. Nathan Ben Shlomo, 15
Mom and dad are businessmen.
“I have always been independent. We live in two countries - Russia and Israel, and I often stay alone. Once I got on a plane and flew to Bulgaria. I was eight. Since then, I have been constantly traveling alone: Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, France and the list goes on. I love Israel the most. At least because I was born there. Sometimes I go to school, sometimes I go on vacation or on excursions. Because of the school, travel is rare. Now I'm in the ninth grade. I go to the private school "Sosny" on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway.
After school, most likely, I will go to Switzerland, or maybe to London, although my mother is against England: my older brother studied there, and his parents were not satisfied with his education. I haven't decided which college to choose yet. At school, I study average, I don’t read any books in particular, except sometimes something in psychology. I recently read Marx's Capital on a dare. Difficult.
8. Perhaps after my studies I will return back to Russia. Everything suits me here, I do not see anything critical. I am a little worried about the depreciation of currencies, but I would still not want to change anything in the country. Ideally, I would live in America, because my passion is music. Other than that, I don't really care about anything. I love Martin Garrix, Avicii, De Oro. In five or ten years I plan to play my own sets at the best festivals in the world. My favorite is Ultra Music Festival. By the way, he was recently brought to Moscow. It's rare, usually we don't have anything worthy in terms of good festivals. But in the States, everything is in order. While I am actively preparing for my big musical future: I have my own studio, where my friends and I write tracks. Usually we compose one composition for about a month, then we send it to Holland for mastering - everything is processed there cheaply and with high quality. When I'm not making music, I ride the board. Longboarding is close to my heart."