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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '11.480', 'text': 'empty stores coupons search for food Remember the story of a\ngirl from the nineties who survived and built'}, {'start': '11.480', 'end': '21.320', 'text': 'her life The end of 1992 turned out to be especially\ndifficult in their small industrial town The'}, {'start': '21.320', 'end': '28.960', 'text': "city-forming plant where most of the\nresidents worked, including Nadya's father, practically stopped"}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '36.600', 'text': 'Wages were not paid for months Store shelves were\nempty and if something did appear, prices'}, {'start': '36.600', 'end': '42.840', 'text': 'skyrocketed literally overnight Their\ncommunal apartment on the outskirts of the city'}, {'start': '42.840', 'end': '50.400', 'text': 'seemed colder every day The heating\nworked intermittently In the room where Nadya lived'}, {'start': '50.400', 'end': '57.680', 'text': 'with her parents, the wallpaper was peeling off the walls due to the\nconstant dampness they slept in their clothes, covering themselves with'}, {'start': '57.680', 'end': '68.080', 'text': "all the available blankets Nadya's father, previously a cheerful\nand energetic man, became increasingly gloomy Without"}, {'start': '68.080', 'end': '77.600', 'text': 'work, without money, with a feeling of complete helplessness\nin the face of a collapsed world, he began to drink At first'}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '86.440', 'text': 'rarely, then more and more often Mother cried at night thinking\nthat twelve-year-old Nadya could not hear but subtle  the'}, {'start': '86.440', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'walls did not hide either sobs or drunken screams\nThat year Nadya learned what real hunger is Not'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'just a desire to have a snack between lunch and dinner but a\nconstant painful feeling of emptiness in the stomach'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '109.560', 'text': 'that does not go away for a minute when thoughts are\nonly about food and it is impossible to do anything else'}, {'start': '110.200', 'end': '117.120', 'text': 'when your head is spinning from weakness "Be patient,\ndaughter, you will soon be better" - her mother repeated'}, {'start': '117.120', 'end': '125.480', 'text': 'giving her her portion of meager food She herself was losing weight before our\neyes but continued to work two jobs: as'}, {'start': '125.480', 'end': '131.440', 'text': 'a cleaner at the clinic in the morning and as a dishwasher\nin the cafeteria in the evening At school Nadya tried to'}, {'start': '131.440', 'end': '139.400', 'text': 'hold on, not to complain, not to show that there was\nnothing to eat at home Pride was the only thing they had'}, {'start': '139.400', 'end': '146.480', 'text': "left Sometimes the teacher saw how the girl\ngreedily looked at her classmates' sandwiches and"}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '153.800', 'text': 'imperceptibly put an apple or a bun under her\nNadya blushed but took it to take home and'}, {'start': '153.800', 'end': '164.840', 'text': 'share with her mother In the spring of 1993, her father could not stand it\nOne day  he left home and never came back.'}, {'start': '165.400', 'end': '174.120', 'text': 'Later they learned that he had gone to earn money in the\nnorth, but there was no money or news from him. The'}, {'start': '174.120', 'end': '182.000', 'text': 'most difficult period began for Nadya and her mother.\nThey ate what their mother could sometimes bring home'}, {'start': '182.000', 'end': '189.640', 'text': 'from work, leftovers from the canteen,\nvegetable peelings from which they cooked soup. They learned to make flat'}, {'start': '189.640', 'end': '197.960', 'text': 'cakes from starch, picked mushrooms and berries in the forest. They\nsaved sugar like a treasure, a'}, {'start': '197.960', 'end': '206.360', 'text': 'teaspoon for a week. That year, Nadya learned all the secrets of\nsurvival: how to stretch a pack of pasta for a week,'}, {'start': '206.360', 'end': '214.200', 'text': 'how to make a hearty soup out of practically nothing, how to\nsatisfy hunger by drinking several glasses of water. This'}, {'start': '214.200', 'end': '220.800', 'text': 'story will be interesting not only to those who remember the\nnineties, but also to aspiring entrepreneurs. Do you'}, {'start': '220.800', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'remember this time? Share your memories\nin the comments. By 1994, the situation had improved a little.'}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '239.080', 'text': 'Mother got a job as a salesperson at a stall, the\nowner of which sometimes allowed them to take'}, {'start': '239.080', 'end': '246.400', 'text': 'food on credit. They moved from a communal apartment\nto a tiny room in  hostel but her own There'}, {'start': '246.400', 'end': '252.920', 'text': 'were coupons for some products which were in\ncatastrophic shortage At school Nadya started to'}, {'start': '252.920', 'end': '260.240', 'text': 'earn extra money washing floors in classrooms after classes\nhelping the librarian They paid pennies'}, {'start': '260.240', 'end': '269.840', 'text': "but that was also under the dispute The development of\nNadya's business began unexpectedly when she was 22 After"}, {'start': '269.840', 'end': '276.280', 'text': 'technical school she worked as a waitress in a small\ncafe where local entrepreneurs and officials often dined'}, {'start': '276.280', 'end': '284.240', 'text': 'One day the director of the city retail chain\nArtyom Viktorovich a regular customer complained to a'}, {'start': '284.240', 'end': '290.840', 'text': 'colleague that he could not find a good supplier of\nlunches for the employees of his stores "Sorry'}, {'start': '290.840', 'end': '297.760', 'text': 'for the interference" Nadya unexpectedly entered the\nconversation But I could cook a trial'}, {'start': '297.760', 'end': '305.880', 'text': 'batch of lunches Inexpensive but tasty Artyom Viktorovich\nlooked at the skinny waitress in surprise'}, {'start': '305.880', 'end': '312.320', 'text': 'Something in her determined look made him\nagree Okay bring five lunches tomorrow'}, {'start': '312.320', 'end': '320.000', 'text': "Let's see what you can do Nadya cooked all night in the\ntiny kitchen of the hostel She put"}, {'start': '320.000', 'end': '327.440', 'text': 'all her  knowledge of how to\nmake truly delicious food from simple products By morning she'}, {'start': '327.440', 'end': '336.440', 'text': 'had containers of borscht, mashed potatoes with cutlets\nand compote ready Everything was carefully packed and still hot The'}, {'start': '336.440', 'end': '345.080', 'text': 'lunches were a success Artyom Viktorovich ordered\n15 servings for the next day, then 30 Soon Nadya could'}, {'start': '345.080', 'end': '351.880', 'text': 'no longer cope alone, she had to call for help from her\ndorm neighbor, a similarly lonely young'}, {'start': '351.880', 'end': '358.040', 'text': 'woman with a child in her arms\nNadya invested her first money in renting a small room'}, {'start': '358.040', 'end': '364.920', 'text': 'next to the office of a retail chain The former hill was\nconverted into a kitchen She bought used'}, {'start': '364.920', 'end': '373.360', 'text': 'pots, a stove, a refrigerator and hired two more women\nBoth were unemployed single mothers willing to'}, {'start': '373.360', 'end': '379.640', 'text': 'work for a modest fee This is how the\nHome Lunch company was born Six months later'}, {'start': '379.640', 'end': '385.960', 'text': 'Nadya already had several corporate clients\nShe never skimped on the quality of products,'}, {'start': '385.960', 'end': '392.680', 'text': 'but knew how to make a menu so that it would cost\nless than competitors The secret was in the recipes she'}, {'start': '392.680', 'end': '399.240', 'text': 'had suffered through during the hungry years how to make  a hearty\ndish from a minimum of ingredients how to emphasize the'}, {'start': '399.240', 'end': '407.720', 'text': 'taste of simple food with spices and herbs Difficulties\narose when the business began to grow At first, these'}, {'start': '407.720', 'end': '414.960', 'text': 'were bureaucratic obstacles endless checks\nfines for the slightest violations demands for bribes'}, {'start': '414.960', 'end': '422.240', 'text': 'from officials Nadya tried to do business honestly but\nquickly realized that in Russia in the mid-nineties this was'}, {'start': '422.240', 'end': '430.120', 'text': 'almost impossible She had to negotiate\npay for solving problems look for connections'}, {'start': '430.720', 'end': '437.760', 'text': 'When she opened the first small cafe,\nmore serious visitors appeared Two strong men in'}, {'start': '437.760', 'end': '444.760', 'text': 'tracksuits came a week after the\nopening The conversation was short Either she pays them'}, {'start': '444.760', 'end': '455.320', 'text': 'protection or an accident will happen to the cafe Nadya\nwas scared but didn’t show it Years of survival'}, {'start': '455.320', 'end': '462.920', 'text': 'taught her not to show fear She asked for a day\nto think it over and she turned to the only'}, {'start': '462.920', 'end': '470.480', 'text': 'person who could help Artyom Viktorovich\nBy that time, he had become not just a client but also an'}, {'start': '470.480', 'end': '477.560', 'text': 'informal mentor of Nadya in business “\nYou have two paths,” he said after thinking'}, {'start': '477.560', 'end': '484.480', 'text': '“I don’t recommend paying because appetites\nwill only grow or find stronger protection"'}, {'start': '485.040', 'end': '491.480', 'text': 'The next day, when the bandits returned\nfor an answer, they were met not only by Nadya, but also by'}, {'start': '491.480', 'end': '498.800', 'text': "two serious men in expensive suits,\nArtyom's friends from the security forces. The conversation was short"}, {'start': '498.800', 'end': '507.320', 'text': "and effective. They didn't bother Nadya anymore, although they\nstill had to pay for the roof officially"}, {'start': '507.320', 'end': '516.080', 'text': 'through security contracts. By 1998, Nadya\nalready had a chain of three cafes and a workshop for the production of'}, {'start': '516.080', 'end': '523.720', 'text': 'semi-finished products. She never took out loans,\npreferring to grow slowly but surely. Everything changed'}, {'start': '523.720', 'end': '531.440', 'text': 'in August, when the default hit. Overnight, all\nsavings depreciated, suppliers raised prices,'}, {'start': '531.440', 'end': '539.680', 'text': 'and customers began to save. Nadya did not despair. She\nrebuilt the menu, focusing on simple but'}, {'start': '539.680', 'end': '549.520', 'text': 'hearty dishes, reduced the markup but increased turnover,\noffered customers a system of discounts and bonuses, and'}, {'start': '549.520', 'end': '556.160', 'text': 'most importantly, did not fire a single employee,\nalthough many competitors were cutting staff.'}, {'start': '556.920', 'end': '565.080', 'text': 'We survived the hungry years together. We will survive this too,\nshe said at the meeting.  staff meeting People'}, {'start': '565.080', 'end': '572.280', 'text': 'believed her and stayed even when salaries\nhad to be temporarily cut Six months'}, {'start': '572.280', 'end': '580.040', 'text': 'after the crisis, the business not only recovered but also\ngrew Nadya opened two more cafes and then the first'}, {'start': '580.040', 'end': '587.360', 'text': 'restaurant, no longer economy class but mid-range\nBy that time, she was known in the city as a'}, {'start': '587.360', 'end': '594.480', 'text': 'successful businesswoman, although she never called herself that\nFor her, the main reward was that her'}, {'start': '594.480', 'end': '600.040', 'text': 'mother no longer worked as a cleaner Nadya\ngot her a job as an administrator in one of her'}, {'start': '600.040', 'end': '606.120', 'text': 'cafes Nadya met her future husband\nin 2000 under circumstances that she'}, {'start': '606.120', 'end': '613.600', 'text': 'later often recalled with a smile Mikhail was an\nengineer who had come to their city on a business trip'}, {'start': '613.600', 'end': '620.480', 'text': "One evening he went to have dinner at\nNadya's restaurant The restaurant was overcrowded there were no free tables The"}, {'start': '620.480', 'end': '626.800', 'text': 'administrator was about to refuse\nanother visitor when Nadya, passing'}, {'start': '626.800', 'end': '634.800', 'text': 'by, noticed his confused look "Seat the\ngentleman at my table" - she ordered I was'}, {'start': '634.800', 'end': '642.240', 'text': 'just about to have dinner Mikhail was surprised\nwhen a  an elegant woman sat down,'}, {'start': '642.240', 'end': '650.600', 'text': 'but was even more surprised to learn that she was the owner of a\nrestaurant. Usually, owners don’t dine. Usually, owners don’t'}, {'start': '650.600', 'end': '659.920', 'text': 'dine with random visitors,\nhe smiled. And I’m an unusual owner, Nadya answered. Besides, there are no'}, {'start': '659.920', 'end': '667.560', 'text': 'random visitors in my establishment, only\nfuture regular customers. They talked all'}, {'start': '667.560', 'end': '674.400', 'text': 'evening. Nadya couldn’t remember the last time she had\ntalked to a man not about business, supplies, or'}, {'start': '674.400', 'end': '683.160', 'text': 'inspections, but simply about life, books, and travel.\nMikhail turned out to be an intelligent, attentive conversationalist'}, {'start': '683.160', 'end': '690.440', 'text': 'with a subtle sense of humor and without a shadow of the arrogance\nthat she often encountered in successful men.'}, {'start': '691.160', 'end': '696.920', 'text': 'When his business trip was coming to an end, Mikhail\nsuggested meeting in Moscow, where Nadya often'}, {'start': '696.920', 'end': '704.640', 'text': 'traveled on business. She agreed, although she didn’t believe\nthat anything would come of it. They were too different.'}, {'start': '704.640', 'end': '710.960', 'text': 'She was a provincial businesswoman\nwith a difficult past, and he was a metropolitan engineer from a'}, {'start': '710.960', 'end': '719.880', 'text': 'good family. But Mikhail turned out to be persistent. They\nbegan to meet. At first, rarely, then more and more often. A'}, {'start': '720.400', 'end': '727.720', 'text': 'year later, he invited her to move to Moscow. “I\ncan’t  quit your business" - Nadya answered "This is not'}, {'start': '727.720', 'end': '736.040', 'text': 'just a source of income, it is my life\'s work Then I will\nmove in with you" - Mikhail simply said and moved,'}, {'start': '736.040', 'end': '743.600', 'text': 'finding a job in a local branch of a large company\nThey got married six months later Mikhail never'}, {'start': '743.600', 'end': '749.360', 'text': "interfered in Nadya's business but was always there\nwhen advice or just support was needed"}, {'start': '750.040', 'end': '755.200', 'text': 'He was understanding of her fears\nand oddities, for example, the habit of making'}, {'start': '755.200', 'end': '763.040', 'text': 'huge stocks of food "My wife is preparing for the\nend of the world" - he joked when friends were surprised by'}, {'start': '763.040', 'end': '770.000', 'text': 'the amount of food in their house But in fact, he\nunderstood Nadya once told him about her'}, {'start': '770.000', 'end': '778.000', 'text': 'childhood, about the hungry years, about the fear that never\ncompletely went away Mikhail did not try to convince'}, {'start': '778.000', 'end': '786.960', 'text': "her or change her He simply loved and accepted her as\nshe was Over time, Nadya's business grew"}, {'start': '786.960', 'end': '794.200', 'text': 'into a chain of restaurants and cafes in several cities She\ncould afford to hire managers and step away'}, {'start': '794.200', 'end': '801.320', 'text': 'from operational management but continued to personally\ncheck the quality of products and dishes This was her'}, {'start': '801.320', 'end': '809.280', 'text': 'rule: never skimp on quality, remember\nthat behind each serving  there is a living person Children'}, {'start': '809.280', 'end': '819.040', 'text': 'appeared late First Lisa when Nadya was 35\nthen Kostya and the youngest Anya She tried to give them'}, {'start': '819.040', 'end': '826.560', 'text': 'everything that she herself was deprived of: a good education,\ntravel, confidence in the future, but at the'}, {'start': '826.560', 'end': '834.560', 'text': 'same time she was afraid to spoil them and make them unadapted\nto difficulties Children should know the price of a piece of bread'}, {'start': '834.560', 'end': '842.120', 'text': 'she often told Mikhail when he considered her\ntoo strict He shrugged their shoulders They live in'}, {'start': '842.120', 'end': '850.360', 'text': 'another world Nadya In their world there is no hunger This is\nnot now - she answered quietly But no one'}, {'start': '850.360', 'end': '857.360', 'text': 'knows what will happen tomorrow It was this fear fear\nof an unknown future where there might'}, {'start': '857.360', 'end': '863.720', 'text': 'be no food again that made her continue to stock up\neven when there was no need for it'}, {'start': '864.640', 'end': '872.440', 'text': 'The refrigerator in their large house was always packed to\ncapacity In the pantry there were dozens of cans of canned goods'}, {'start': '872.440', 'end': '880.320', 'text': 'bags of cereals pasta flour Mikhail\ntreated this with understanding The children chuckled'}, {'start': '880.320', 'end': '888.400', 'text': 'but did not argue That was just how their mother was Nadya stood by the\nhuge refrigerator in her spacious house not'}, {'start': '888.400', 'end': '896.520', 'text': 'daring to close it  door Impeccable rows of products\nneatly arranged on the shelves reflected the light of the'}, {'start': '896.520', 'end': '906.000', 'text': 'built-in lamps Yogurts, raw fresh vegetables and\nfruits, premium meat, everything was in abundance'}, {'start': '906.000', 'end': '913.560', 'text': 'In the pantry, slender columns of bags\nwith cereals, flour, sugar, pasta were lined up There were enough supplies'}, {'start': '913.560', 'end': '920.360', 'text': 'for several months Mom, you froze\nin front of the refrigerator again The voice of her eldest daughter Lisa'}, {'start': '920.360', 'end': '927.200', 'text': 'brought Nadya back to reality "I was just thinking" -\nshe answered mechanically taking out food for'}, {'start': '927.200', 'end': '935.080', 'text': "dinner Lisa shook her head and left the kitchen She\nhad long been accustomed to her mother's oddities, but she never"}, {'start': '935.080', 'end': '943.200', 'text': 'truly understood them How to explain to a child who\ngrew up in abundance what real hunger means'}, {'start': '943.200', 'end': '949.680', 'text': 'How to convey that animal fear that settles\ndeep inside and does not let go even after'}, {'start': '949.680', 'end': '959.480', 'text': 'decades of prosperity Nadya sighed No matter how many\nyears have passed, no matter how much money is in the accounts, the'}, {'start': '959.480', 'end': '966.360', 'text': 'ghosts of the nineties continued to haunt\nher especially at night when in rare nightmares'}, {'start': '966.360', 'end': '973.080', 'text': 'she again turned into  into a skinny girl with\nsunken cheeks sitting in front of an empty plate.'}, {'start': '973.680', 'end': '979.240', 'text': 'One day, when Nadya once again bought\ngroceries for a month in advance, although she'}, {'start': '979.240', 'end': '986.920', 'text': 'was going to the store again tomorrow, Mikhail still could not stand it.\nNadya, this is no longer possible. Our pantry is bursting, there is'}, {'start': '986.920', 'end': '993.720', 'text': 'no room in the freezer. Where are you going to put all this, it will come in\nhandy - she muttered, arranging the'}, {'start': '993.720', 'end': '1002.440', 'text': 'canned goods on the shelves. But we physically cannot eat\nthat much. Half will go bad. Nothing will go bad.'}, {'start': '1002.440', 'end': '1012.480', 'text': 'I will keep an eye on it. Her voice rang with tension. Then\nhe did something that changed a lot. He quietly hugged her'}, {'start': '1012.480', 'end': '1019.760', 'text': 'from behind and whispered: "Tell me, Nadya,\ntell me why this is so important to you."'}, {'start': '1020.400', 'end': '1027.200', 'text': "And she told him about the cold room in the\ndorm, about her mother's cracked hands, about"}, {'start': '1027.200', 'end': '1033.480', 'text': 'how she learned to stretch one piece of bread\nfor the whole day, biting off tiny pieces'}, {'start': '1033.480', 'end': '1042.640', 'text': 'and slowly sucking it in her mouth. He listened\nsilently, only hugging her tighter and then said:'}, {'start': '1042.640', 'end': '1048.720', 'text': '"Okay, let there be as many supplies as you\nneed to feel safe"'}, {'start': '1048.720', 'end': '1055.320', 'text': "But let's come to an agreement Once a month we will take\nsome of the food to a shelter or charity"}, {'start': '1055.320', 'end': '1063.080', 'text': 'This is how their family ritual appeared On the last\nSunday of the month, they and the children collected boxes'}, {'start': '1063.080', 'end': '1073.560', 'text': 'of food and took them to those in need This became a\nsmall step towards healing In the spring of 2018,'}, {'start': '1073.560', 'end': '1082.040', 'text': "Irina Solovyova, Nadya's neighbor in the dorm\nin the nineties, came to their city They had not seen each other for more than 20 years Irina"}, {'start': '1082.040', 'end': '1090.080', 'text': "found her through social networks They met\nin Nadya's main restaurant Irina had changed little"}, {'start': '1090.080', 'end': '1098.120', 'text': 'All the same freckles, only wrinkles were added\nThey hugged and suddenly memories came flooding back Do you'}, {'start': '1098.760', 'end': '1105.920', 'text': 'remember how you and I made soup from potato\npeelings? " - laughed Serina "And how we shared one'}, {'start': '1105.920', 'end': '1112.680', 'text': 'egg between two?" - picked up Nadya "God, do you\nremember those coupons for butter, your mother gave'}, {'start': '1112.680', 'end': '1119.520', 'text': 'us her share when my father started drinking and drank everything away\nmoney?" They talked and talked and with every word the'}, {'start': '1119.520', 'end': '1126.520', 'text': 'past came to life After the restaurant Nadya invited\nIrina to her home When she opened the pantry'}, {'start': '1126.520', 'end': '1135.240', 'text': "showing the house Irina froze Wow, it's\nlike a supermarket here She laughed but then"}, {'start': '1135.240', 'end': '1141.720', 'text': 'looking at Nadya more closely she\nasked seriously: "Nadya, are you still afraid?" Nadya'}, {'start': '1141.720', 'end': '1150.920', 'text': 'couldn\'t answer A lump in her throat prevented her from speaking "I was\nafraid too" - Irina continued quietly The first years'}, {'start': '1150.920', 'end': '1157.560', 'text': "when money appeared I bought bread by the box My\nhusband didn't understand the children laughed And then later I"}, {'start': '1157.560', 'end': '1164.640', 'text': 'got to a good psychotherapist Do you know what he\ntold me that we are trying to feed our inner'}, {'start': '1164.640', 'end': '1173.360', 'text': 'hungry children of the child we once were\nNadya listened to her and something inside slowly melted The ice'}, {'start': '1173.360', 'end': '1180.800', 'text': "that she had carried in her soul all these years A month\nafter Irina's visit, a flood occurred in the city"}, {'start': '1181.400', 'end': '1188.760', 'text': 'Many were left without homes without anything The headquarters for helping the\nvictims turned to local entrepreneurs'}, {'start': '1188.760', 'end': '1195.000', 'text': 'Nadya sent to the points  collecting aid half of\nher household supplies and a week later'}, {'start': '1195.000', 'end': '1202.480', 'text': 'something happened that shook her completely. Her youngest daughter Anya,\nwho had just turned nine, refused to eat'}, {'start': '1202.480', 'end': '1210.040', 'text': 'dinner. “Why aren’t you eating?” Nadya was worried. “I’m\nsaving it for the children from the flooded area,”'}, {'start': '1210.040', 'end': '1218.440', 'text': 'she answered seriously. What didn’t Nadya understand? Well, you always\nsay that you can’t throw away food because'}, {'start': '1218.440', 'end': '1226.560', 'text': 'somewhere someone is starving. So I decided to starve\na little so that they could get more. Nadya went cold.'}, {'start': '1226.560', 'end': '1235.360', 'text': 'Her daughter, her child was starving voluntarily because\nshe had passed on her fear to her. Anechka, listen.'}, {'start': '1235.360', 'end': '1242.160', 'text': 'Nadya knelt down in front of her. What you\ndon’t eat won’t magically go to the other children.'}, {'start': '1242.160', 'end': '1249.160', 'text': 'If you want to help, we can\ncollect food together and take it away, but you'}, {'start': '1249.160', 'end': '1255.520', 'text': 'must eat well to be healthy.\nThat evening, Nadya couldn’t sleep for a long time.'}, {'start': '1256.080', 'end': '1264.720', 'text': 'All night she was haunted by the image of her mother giving her her\nshare of food and her daughter’s ready  starve for the sake of'}, {'start': '1264.720', 'end': '1273.680', 'text': "strangers' children Several months passed The supplies\nin Nadya's house noticeably decreased She gave"}, {'start': '1273.680', 'end': '1280.440', 'text': 'some to charity and simply stopped\nbuying the rest She still felt anxious when she'}, {'start': '1280.440', 'end': '1287.920', 'text': 'saw a half-empty refrigerator But now she had a\nritual Every time the panic fear of hunger'}, {'start': '1287.920', 'end': '1297.120', 'text': 'covered her Nadya took out a photo of her mother "Everything is fine,\nMom" \u200b\u200b- she said out loud "We have food.'}, {'start': '1297.120', 'end': '1304.760', 'text': 'Everything will be fine with us" She understood that she would never\ncompletely heal from her past It would'}, {'start': '1304.760', 'end': '1314.560', 'text': 'always be a part of her But Nadya was learning to live with it\nin peace And most importantly, she did not want her children'}, {'start': '1314.560', 'end': '1323.040', 'text': 'to carry this hungry ghost of the nineties through their\nlives A new tradition appeared in her restaurants:'}, {'start': '1323.040', 'end': '1330.560', 'text': 'once a week free lunches for low-income families\nWhen journalists once again asked Nadya about the'}, {'start': '1330.560', 'end': '1339.840', 'text': 'secret of her success, she answered simply: "I know\nwhat real hunger is and I know the price of real'}, {'start': '1339.840', 'end': '1349.760', 'text': 'satiety Everything else is just details" And at home at\ndinner, looking at her children and husband, she thought'}, {'start': '1349.760', 'end': '1358.880', 'text': 'that perhaps there was something useful in her fear.\nHe taught her to appreciate simple things, a piece of bread, the warmth of'}, {'start': '1358.880', 'end': '1366.840', 'text': 'home, the love of loved ones. And she really\nwanted to teach her children this, not through hunger, but through'}, {'start': '1366.840', 'end': '1374.320', 'text': 'understanding and gratitude for what you have.\n5 years passed. Nadya was sitting in the main hall of her new'}, {'start': '1374.320', 'end': '1381.360', 'text': 'restaurant, which had opened in Moscow. It was\nalready the twentieth establishment in her chain, but it was special.'}, {'start': '1381.920', 'end': '1388.840', 'text': 'Here, in addition to the usual menu, there was a separate hall for a\nsocial kitchen where anyone in need could'}, {'start': '1388.840', 'end': '1395.120', 'text': 'get a free lunch. And in the evenings,\nculinary master classes were held in this hall for'}, {'start': '1395.120', 'end': '1403.240', 'text': 'children from low-income families. Nadya taught them how to\ncook simple but nutritious dishes.'}, {'start': '1403.240', 'end': '1408.840', 'text': 'Lisa, now an adult girl who\nhelped her mother manage the business, approached her. “'}, {'start': '1409.400', 'end': '1416.520', 'text': 'Mom, they have come to you,” she said with a smile. Nadya\nturned around and saw an elderly woman with a wrinkled'}, {'start': '1416.520', 'end': '1425.400', 'text': 'face and calloused hands. Her eyes were wet with\ntears. “Nadezhda Alekseevna,”'}, {'start': '1425.400', 'end': '1433.360', 'text': 'the woman said in a cherished voice. “You don’t  Do you recognize me Valentina\nPetrovna worked in the canteen where your mother was a'}, {'start': '1433.360', 'end': '1442.000', 'text': 'dishwasher Nadya froze Of course she remembered\nthis woman The cooks from that canteen sometimes gave my'}, {'start': '1442.000', 'end': '1449.200', 'text': 'mother leftovers in a container for her to take\nhome "I recognized you on TV in a program about'}, {'start': '1449.200', 'end': '1456.680', 'text': 'successful entrepreneurs" - the woman continued and\ndecided to come I always believed that you would get out You were'}, {'start': '1456.680', 'end': '1463.680', 'text': 'such a smart girl she noticed everything around her\nasked how things were cooked They talked for'}, {'start': '1463.680', 'end': '1470.280', 'text': 'several hours Valentina Petrovna told\nhow hard it was for all of them in the nineties how'}, {'start': '1470.280', 'end': '1477.600', 'text': 'she herself sometimes went hungry feeding other people\'s\nchildren "We all supported each other'}, {'start': '1477.600', 'end': '1485.440', 'text': 'as best we could then" - she said And what else was left\nwhen Nadya saw her off she put an'}, {'start': '1485.440', 'end': '1493.120', 'text': 'envelope in her hand as a farewell "What is this?" - the elderly\nwoman was surprised "My gratitude for those pieces of bread'}, {'start': '1493.120', 'end': '1500.360', 'text': 'that you once gave us They were worth more than\ngold In the evening when Nadya returned home Mikhail'}, {'start': '1500.360', 'end': '1508.920', 'text': 'noticed that she was strange  quieted down "What happened?"\n- he asked, hugging her. "You know, I understood a lot today,'}, {'start': '1508.920', 'end': '1517.080', 'text': '" Nadya said slowly. "We always\ntalk about the famine of those years, about the fear of survival.'}, {'start': '1517.080', 'end': '1523.560', 'text': 'But there was something else, too. Incredible human\ngenerosity. People who themselves could barely make ends meet'}, {'start': '1523.560', 'end': '1531.560', 'text': 'shared the last they had. For some reason,\nwe remember this less often. In the morning, Nadya woke up with an'}, {'start': '1531.560', 'end': '1538.400', 'text': 'unusual feeling of lightness. At breakfast,\nshe looked at her children and announced:'}, {'start': '1538.400', 'end': '1544.400', 'text': '"Dad and I decided to open a charity fund to\nhelp families affected by crises and natural'}, {'start': '1544.400', 'end': '1552.200', 'text': 'disasters. It will be called bread crumbs."\nMikhail raised his eyebrows in surprise. They did not discuss it,'}, {'start': '1552.200', 'end': '1561.040', 'text': 'but then he smiled and nodded. A great idea. Anya,\nnow a teenager, asked: "Why bread'}, {'start': '1561.040', 'end': '1568.400', 'text': 'crumbs?" Nadya smiled and answered: "Because\nsometimes a crumb of bread can mean more'}, {'start': '1568.400', 'end': '1575.280', 'text': 'than a fortune and because\na large loaf of bread is made up of small crumbs of kindness."  the'}, {'start': '1575.920', 'end': '1582.280', 'text': 'following months the fund actively worked helping\nnot only with food but also teaching people in difficult'}, {'start': '1582.280', 'end': '1589.480', 'text': 'situations skills that would help them to survive and\nrise Nadya often personally held master classes'}, {'start': '1589.480', 'end': '1597.120', 'text': 'telling her story and showing how to cook\nnutritious meals from available products The memory of the'}, {'start': '1597.120', 'end': '1605.040', 'text': 'nineties remained like a scar that sometimes aches in\nbad weather But now this memory gave strength'}, {'start': '1605.040', 'end': '1615.360', 'text': 'and did not take it away It was a reminder not of\nlosses but of fortitude not of fear but of overcoming'}, {'start': '1616.040', 'end': '1622.840', 'text': 'And when another journalist asked Nadya if\nshe was afraid that well-being could end'}, {'start': '1622.840', 'end': '1631.840', 'text': 'as suddenly as it began, she smiled and\nanswered: "Now I know that the most important food is'}, {'start': '1631.840', 'end': '1641.200', 'text': 'not what is on the table but what is in the heart And there will be enough\nfor everyone if we learn to share" Subscribe'}, {'start': '1641.200', 'end': '1648.320', 'text': 'to our channel put a like and be sure to write\ncomments what you think about this story'}]