“I dreamed of a person with a technical profession”
- How did you meet?
Svetlana: — It was more than two years ago. At the beginning of summer. My friend and I were walking around St. Petersburg, after which we stopped by the “Happiness” cafe. I didn’t want to eat, but some unknown force pulled me there. Beautiful terrace, gorgeous views, St. Isaac's Square. And suddenly a young man appears on the horizon. I really liked him right away. Anton did not look like a St. Petersburger: businesslike, fast, characterful, dynamic. In a suit and white shirt. Our imposing Peter was not used to seeing such people... Anton quickly ran into the cafe, bought a glass of espresso and was about to leave the establishment. But he slowed down and looked at me. I have seen. He looked. I have seen. He hesitated a little. And, as they say, some spark flashed between us.
Anton: - I came up first and started a “St. Petersburg conversation” - on some absolutely abstract topic... I came to St. Petersburg for work. Noticing Sveta, I thought: I don’t need to rush right away, I need to pause. This, I thought, is St. Petersburg, not Moscow. Here the girl won’t be taken away while I’m getting coffee.
Svetlana: - Anton sat down at our table. And I... was confused. She behaved like a fifth grader. She was silent and sighed more and more. The conversation was led by my talkative friend. Anton talked about what he does: about nanotechnology, microelectronics and the hadron collider, but in a language we understood. We stayed until closing time, after which we decided to take a walk around St. Petersburg at night. We wandered around the city, discussed a million other things and somehow unexpectedly said goodbye without even exchanging phone numbers.
Anton: “I’ve never gone to bed so late in my life.” By that time I was probably like a zombie.
Svetlana: - Already in the taxi I realized that we would never see each other again. I thought I was lost forever. In general, it was sad, I was very worried. I was sad for a day, sad for two, sad for three, four... At this very time, Anton, a man with a technical education, as it turned out, did not waste any time.
Anton: - I compared the facts, details, went on the Internet, restored a long-deleted page on one of the social networks. And I found Sveta’s account.
Svetlana: — I go to VKontakte and see a message: “Hello!” I was incredibly happy. Although she didn’t show it, so that Anton wouldn’t delude himself too much. Two workaholics met... We made the most of our rare dates. We crossed paths in St. Petersburg and saw each other in Moscow. Something led me and something attracted me.
It was thanks to Sveta that Anton understood and fell in love with St. Petersburg. “I enjoy St. Petersburg’s impressiveness!” - he says.
- But now you are inseparable?
Anton: — I have significantly reduced the number of flights. We are trying to combine all our movements around the country.
Svetlana: — Now we really spend almost all our free time together. And not free either. They completely immersed themselves in each other.
Anton: - Sometimes I come to Sveta for filming and wait until two o’clock in the morning. Sometimes she flies with me to conferences. If earlier I liked to hang out in noisy men's companies, Sveta preferred the company of her friends, such microcosms, but now we are together all the time. At presentations, social events, filming...
Svetlana: — I, a person with a legal education and a humanitarian, am increasingly attracted by the professional terms of physicists. I always dreamed that a person from a different, non-creative field, a technical profession, would be with me.
Anton: - I used to have a terrible attitude towards St. Petersburg. It seemed to me that people there, let’s say, live slower, talk slower. Sveta taught me not to compare the northern capital with Moscow. And as soon as I stopped doing this, I learned to relax in St. Petersburg. I enjoy St. Petersburg's impressiveness. In Moscow they call it idleness, but I call it relaxation, culture, courtliness and spirituality. They say that you learn foreign languages better if you live with a foreign girl. If you live with a real St. Petersburg girl, then you will get to know the culture of this city better.
— How do you feel about each other’s shortcomings? Everyone has them!
Svetlana: - Anton has no flaws. Not a single one at all, I think it’s perfect. Is it true!
Anton : - I also don’t see any shortcomings in the Light. I call her a goddess—jokingly and not jokingly.
— Have you changed a lot in the 2.5 years you’ve known each other?
Svetlana: - I have really changed a lot. On the one hand, Anton and I are incredibly similar, in some ways even like brother and sister. But at the same time, incredibly different. Anton is a person who has a clear division into black and white, plus and minus, bad and good. I always succeeded in something in between; I was always flying somewhere. Thanks to Anton, I became punctual, tough, and began to take off my rose-colored glasses more often. We learned to be each other's friends, mothers, fathers, educators and little children.
Anton: — Conceptual role-playing games! (Laughs.)
"Some women don't want a man - they want to get married"
The couple dreams of a big family.
And the parents are already hinting: they say, we want grandchildren! — How important is the stamp in your passport for both of you—about marriage, of course?
Svetlana: - What is important to me is the person and the continuation of the relationship with him, and not some kind of seal. Some women don't want a man - they want to get married. On the contrary, I always wanted to find the man of my dreams.
Anton: — For us, everything develops gradually and by itself. Of course, we live in a society where the presence of a press is condemned, and the absence of a press is also condemned. However, relationships and emotions are a hundred thousand times more important.
Svetlana: - On the other hand, you know, this seal is important to me. There are couples who believe that living in a civil marriage for ten to fifteen years is normal. I think this is something outrageous. Although you don’t need to go to the registry office a year after meeting each other.
— Sveta, are you ready to take your spouse’s last name? For many men, this is quite an important thing.
Svetlana: “Perhaps I’ll change it in my passport, but for TV viewers I’ll leave my maiden name.”
Anton: — I used to take this very seriously. Now I think: well, no, no. A woman is not obligated to change her last name.
— Have you already met each other’s parents?
Svetlana: - Of course. But we are very independent children. We regularly communicate with our relatives, but I, for example, am far from being a mother’s daughter.
Anton: - I have exactly the same thing. Therefore, any choice we make will be accepted by our parents.
Svetlana: — For them, the main thing is that we are happy. After all, I’m already 28, Anton is 30. Although sometimes it seems to me that after we met, age began to go in the opposite direction. We feel like students or 11th graders. And all because of fantastic emotions. We have learned to enjoy basic things.
Svetlana is ready to take Anton's last name. True, he does not insist on this.
— Svetlana, are you ready to take a break from your television career for the sake of having a child?
Svetlana: - You know, I almost immediately introduced Anton to my creative family.
Anton: “It was a real show.” Scarier than meeting your mother! (Laughs.)
Svetlana: “My colleagues then said: “Sveta, if you get pregnant, it will be even good. You will gain even more confidence." The fact is that in the “10 Years Younger” project I communicate with older women. And if I sit in the frame with my stomach, the heroines will begin to open up more... But, of course, for the sake of relationships, family and the birth of a child, I am ready to take a break.
— Are parents already demanding grandchildren?
Svetlana: — My mother, a woman of the old school, began to demand them when I was 17 years old (smiles). Naturally, all parents want grandchildren.
Anton: - I dream that we have many, many children. So that, as they show in American films, a large number of relatives come to us for Christmas and we all sit at a large festive table: the elderly head of the family, his wife, children, grandchildren... I am the only child of my mother and father, so I always wanted a big family .
— Svetlana is a media person. Surely they are overcome by fans, fans, crazy people...
Anton: - Some guys are paranoid about their significant other. Any sigh or sneeze is perceived as something terrible. There are people who feel deep satisfaction from the fact that their girls are media characters, everyone pays attention to them. I don’t consider myself one or the other. I feel only slight jealousy of Svetina’s work, which takes up a lot of her time.
Svetlana: — We try to look into each other’s eyes and not pay attention to the looks of others.
Photo: Pavel Parshin
Makeup: Elmira Grekova. Hair - Yuri Kosolapov (“Beauty Studio on Petrovsky”).
The host of the show “10 Years Younger” completed a luxurious renovation
Svetlana Abramova
Photo: Anatoly Carlson
When thinking about purchasing a home, celebrities face the same problems as ordinary people - they spend a long time looking for an apartment, carefully trying out possible renovations and furnishings, then create comfort with things dear to their hearts. The host of the “10 Years Younger” program, Svetlana Abramova, spent a long time looking for an apartment that would appeal not only to her, but also to her lover. When she was found, the girl took a serious approach to creating comfort in her favorite nest.
About a year ago, Svetlana and her boyfriend Anton moved into an 80-meter apartment on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg overlooking the bay. Working in Moscow, the couple often spends time in Svetlana’s hometown, St. Petersburg. In choosing her future love nest, Svetlana was uncompromising. Mandatory conditions were a spacious dressing room and bathroom, large floor-to-ceiling windows, beautiful furniture, and beautiful lighting. Lots of mirrors and thick curtains on the windows. Being keen on decorating, the TV presenter also paid attention to the design of the walls.
“In my life, I have gone through three renovations, and I have never been completely satisfied with the result,” Svetlana admitted to StarHit. “This time, I wanted to come, as they say, to see everything ready, when I saw this apartment I had nothing to complain about,” says Svetlana — Anton and I liked her at first sight. Panoramic windows, lots of mirrors, amazing Italian furniture, especially the bed - it’s just my dream. Before moving, I spent a long time choosing dishes, cutlery, everything that creates comfort. The final touch was a teapot; I chose a sophisticated model that brews various types of tea itself, according to all the rules. We practically don’t eat at home, especially since everything is so new, we don’t want to disturb the glossy cleanliness, for Anton and me, it’s easier to eat in a restaurant than to waste time at the stove.”
The apartment has a very comfortable bar counter
Photo: Anatoly Carlson
There are figurines of angels throughout Svetlana’s house; she collected them at one time and loves to use them in the interior. “You look at them and somehow it becomes warmer. - continues the TV presenter - And my favorite place in the apartment is a large, soft sofa in front of the TV, Anton and I like to get comfortable and watch an interesting movie.”
The young people met about three years ago, but did not rush things, they lived separately, gradually studying each other’s character and habits. The couple is currently traveling around France and Italy. The lovers share numerous pictures telling fans that they are very happy.
The design of the studio apartment is made in a marine style
Photo: Anatoly Carlson
Svetlana and her lover Anton recently began to live together
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Lovers love to spend evenings in a cozy apartment
Photo: Anatoly Carlson
Photo: Anatoly Carlson
