16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya, Moscow 117871, Russia.

There I worked on my master and candidate of science (PhD) degrees.

Asya Grinberg and Katya Platoshkina, my students and later colleagues;

Party after my dissertation defense (27 December 1996):
Riad and Katya Platoshkina;
Riad and Katya Koroleva;
Mama, my adviser Dr. Natalia Vladimirova, and me.