my name is ivan kapitan i came to belarus from france and i have been working in minsk for 7 years .from france and i ended up because i wanted to study russian school. i was only 16 years old. i would be very young. in france, i introduced a man who also studied in minsk, and through him i skated in minsk. before i came to belarus, i didn’t even know anything about him. i didn't know minsk to me at first i thought that in minsk there was on the other side and belarus did not know at all that there was such a country, but i came to belarus. i remember the month was in october, so the weather was still normal. and when it was already winter, of course, i was surprised that it was much colder than e in france, and i was also surprised that the food here is completely, well, the traditions are different and at first i was a little afraid. e did not understand what was in my toilet, but i liked everything in minsk. i was very surprised that the city builds so widely. and i'm used to e not only in paris, but also in other cities of france, which is small here two small roads, and here i