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My home is where my suitcase is.


Real Name: Natalia
Lives In: Moscow, RU
Birth Date: June 10, 1971
Member Since: Oct 07, 2003
Last Login: Sep 28, 2009   08:43 UTC
Member's Time: Nov 09, 2009   05:19 MSK
VT Rank: 971
Deals Rank: Unranked
External Page:photofile.ru/users/tashk...
Travel Interests: Spa and Resort, Castles and Palaces, Women's Travel, Singles, Beaches

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by tashka - last update: Mar 4, 2006

Small Town > Big City

View from the window of my former apartment
So a year ago, after the refurbishment of my newly bought apartment was completed and after a series of housewarming parties was over, I moved to Moscow!!! My old apartment in Schelkovo, the suburbs of Moscow, is sold now, but I will leave this picture in my page as a memory of it.
I have not changed my job yet, and I still head a translation department in one of Russian companies, however it starts to become boring, so if anyone has any interesting job to offer - you are welcome! :))
Little Tashka, a winter walk in the forest, 1977

Native Town

I moved to Moscow in 1996. My native town is Togliatti (Tolyatti), a city on the Volga river, at the place where the river makes a huge loop called the Zhiguli ring. The city is over 250 years old, but previously it was called Stavropol-on-the-Volga.

In the Soviet times the city was renamed after the leader of the Italian communist party, Palmiro Togliatti. This was a friendship sign after creating in the city a joint venture with Fiat for manufacturing the Lada cars.

When I was a kid I believed that Togliatti was the best city in the world. But even at those times my father and I traveled a lot in our car. Usually we went to the Ukraine to visit my grandparents, and the longest car trip was from Togliatti to Moldova, more than 2000 km one way!

My parents and my brother still live in Togliatti.

New family member

On the New Year's Eve, on the last day of 2004, I got a present from Santa. I went to a shop to buy a bottle of champagne for meeting the New Year, and I don't know why, but suddenly I had an idea that if I meet a homeless kitten on my way, I will take him. When I was going back from the shop, I opened the door of my house, and saw a kitten right in front of me, who was obviously homeless! So I called him to follow me, and he followed happily! I named him Mario (I don't know why, but it was somehow just the right name for him).
Now he's very popular with my friends, because he is extremely sociable, and even one of my friends who doesn't like cats said, "Wow, this is a cat I can talk to!"
Mario, my cat
My collection of elephants

My collection

As many people, I collect elephants. In the picture you can see a part of my collection. I try to bring an elephant souvenir from each country I visit, and a lot of them were presented to me by my friends.

Comments for tashka
Donna_in_India Thu Jun 11, 2009 00:00 UTC
 Hi Natalia - Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
lijoylona Tue Mar 17, 2009 08:16 UTC
 hey read your detail. I am from India and want to meet people from russia. Let me know when you are coming to india next time
The_Lord Fri Nov 21, 2008 20:24 UTC
 Great pages thanks for all info, happy travels
mollymoo0oo0 Wed Oct 15, 2008 00:22 UTC
 hola from MADrid!! love your photos of Valldemossa in Mallorca.... and what a wonderful surprise to find a beautiful rainbow on your front page too! Thanks for sharing the beauty of nature and your travels, m.x
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