life all accidents are not accidental, i entered the moscow state university, the institute of asian and african countriesuctures associated with korea, or some academic circles to engage in science, or i had the choice to enter the work of the ministry of foreign affairs, which in general i did, worked in the first department of asia, almost immediately was sent on my first business trip to north korea, and not to beijing, to the northernmost province in north korea, this is north hamgyong province, the city of chongdin, where i spent almost 4 years, we actually even got married there, we still live happily. and after that he returned to moscow, again worked in the korean direction, uh, in the political department, uh, in the tenth year, uh, i was offered, uh, to go, uh, to south korea, uh, to the city of busan, this is the southernmost our point where we have a presence is on the korean peninsula, so, in general, i have traveled all over the korean peninsula from north to south. after busan , 2 years later, i was transferred to the position of head of the konovsky department of the embassy in siul, and