“On the Edge of Love” with Konstantin and Nadezhda Ryzhak: We are a mountain for you, you are a wall for ustranslated

Husband and wife Konstantin and Nadezhda Ryzhak are a large family; they have been legally married since 2012 and have eight children. We met when both worked at Gazprombank. There is a lot in their family that can become the most treasured investment in the genealogical chronicle: from their first acquaintance, to the birth of their first and subsequent children. They are very worthy and beautiful people.

Konstantin, a turkologist by training, worked as an attaché at the Turkish Embassy, ​​was vice-president of Gazprombank for several years, and served as a top manager at Rosatom. And then, when a special military operation began, he took up arms, exchanging his high post and a completely secure comfortable life for modest lieutenant shoulder straps. He went to the front due to mobilization, although he had plenty of opportunities not to go: at that time he and his wife were already raising five children.

For Nadezhda, as she herself admits, her husband’s decision to go to war was not a surprise - after all, he is the son of a Soviet officer. And she herself is the daughter of a military man. Therefore, when the summons arrived, she could only understand and accept. But in general, what can I say, genes won. By the way, at the same time, Nadya’s father too...