In 1986, the society heard about the Soviet student Katya Lycheva. A friendly girl with blue eyes made a worthy replacement for the American "peace ambassador" Samantha Smith. She traveled to the USA, talked with the head of the country Ronald Reagan. Katya Lycheva, whose photo was published by famous publications, did not have time to give out interviews. It was only in the 90s that the girl secretly disappeared, which caused a huge amount of a wide variety of rumors.
Childhood
Katya Lycheva, whose biography began its history on June 10, 1974, grew up in an intelligent family of scientists. Dad, Alexander Lychev, carried out his activities in a higher educational institution of the world economy. Mother, Marina Lycheva - in addition to being a highly qualified specialist, she is also a candidate of economic sciences. Since childhood, parents have been developing their daughter in every possible way, trying to form a diverse personality: starting from the age of four, she studied a foreign language, studied in sports sections, studied at an English school and attended art classes, and successfully passed castings for roles in films.
Samantha Smith and Katya Lycheva
Whatever the case, it was not acting that gave the girl popularity, but a trip to the United States as the “Goodwill Ambassador”. It happened in 1986. Her predecessor was American Samantha Smith, who came to the Soviet Union in 1983 at the special invitation of Andropov. And in early 1985, it was decided to organize a return visit. A competition was held, there were about six thousand participants, but the choice fell on Katya. Lycheva’s journey through American cities was commented on by Union journalists and US correspondents. Of course, her performances were memorized, and the level of spiritual openness was much inferior to Samantha. Despite this, Katya Lycheva still became an object to follow a huge number of teenagers.
Tears of hopelessness
Paradoxically, in spite of such fame, the girl had absolutely no comrades. Most classmates did not perceive her, but only envied. They spoke of the fact that out of a huge number of applicants for the trip, they pushed her through blat - there were conversations about the family's blood ties with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. In fact, everything turned out to be much simpler: the girl was chosen for excellent command of the English language and natural charm.
It is possible that some role was played by her grandmother, who at that time was an employee of the Union of Soviet Commonwealths and International Relations, and her mother worked in an educational institution led by Alexander Yakovlev. In 1986, he became head of the department of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Nevertheless, the glory that fell upon Catherine did not do her good. Many peers moved away from her. She studied at school pretty well. Often, government cars came for her and took them to cities with a prepared propaganda program. Katya Lycheva went to school with her grandmother on foot, but only her mother, who kept Katya in hedgehogs , was engaged in raising a child . It happened that a girl cried from tiredness in the entrance, but still returned home and sat down for lessons.
Up the corporate ladder
In 1988, Katie’s mother had a change in work, she became the owner of a scholarship to Francois Mitterrand and moved with her daughter to live in France. The young girl continued her studies at the Sorbonne, but passed the final exams at her native school. After Lycheva lived abroad, she changed, a lot of pretense appeared in the character, although it was always a truly sincere person.
When her classmates celebrated the school's anniversary, the girl did not attend the meeting, although an invitation was sent to her. Leaving the Soviet Union, Catherine completely cut off communication with the press. Since there was no information about her, the journalists began to invent various fables: she began to live with a wealthy businessman, then she became an elite prostitute.
But it was like this: in 1995, Lycheva became a graduate of the Sorbonne, received a diploma in economics and law. While still studying, her mother became seriously ill. After that, she became an employee of the assistance center in Paris.
Buying apartments
After Katya Lycheva and her mother moved to live in France, her father quickly got a woman. There were rumors that the case was nearing a divorce, although everything was kept in great secret. In order not to undermine the daughter’s authority, Alexander acquired another apartment in the same house, and then in the neighboring area. Few in the yard loved their family. They were given the nickname capitalists. Everyone was interested in the question: “Where did they get so much money to buy apartments?” Indeed, “Soviet people don’t take a taxi to the bakery”! ..
It’s quite difficult to say which Katya Lycheva is now. Some of her classmates last saw her about 8 years ago. She pulled up in an expensive jeep. The face remained the same, but the extra pounds increased. They asked her about her husband and children, to which they received an answer that at the moment the woman is traveling and living for herself.
Return to Russia
In 2000, Katya Lycheva came to Russia. She held the position of Deputy Head of the World Community Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, was associated with the Ministry of Industry, and also headed the United Aircraft Consortium. Her last position was AvtoVAZ vice president, where, according to journalists from Togliatti, her salary was one million rubles a month. Catherine was allocated a luxurious house, but she lived there extremely rarely. From Moscow I came by official transport exclusively on issues related to work.
According to AvtoVAZ employees, Lycheva became vice president thanks to her good friend, Alyoshin. At that time, he was the director of the auto giant and gladly took her to this position. They had very warm friendships. After Boris was removed from his post, everyone was sure that Katya would leave as well. And so it happened, she left, but only on maternity leave. He will not return to his workplace soon.