She rolled up her sleeves, took her modest savings and went off to Greece to buy a few furs. On her return, she had no trouble selling them. She invested the proceeds in a second trip and has never looked back. Now she travels to Greece or Turkey once a month to buy the furs that fill her kiosk on Magnitogorsk's largest jarmarka . Her husband works with her, and so does her brother.
Every kopeck is ploughed back into the business.
Galina still lives with her husband and daughter in a two-room flat. She is far from rich. But she is much better off, and that is the main thing. At last we can take charge of our lives, although I don't know what tomorrow will bring. We used to be proud that our parents were doctors.