Sofiko Shevardnadze is the leading English speakerchannel Russia Today, Master of Journalism New York University (NYU). In his spare time he writes articles, speaks on the radio, engages in Georgian dances, or stands by the stove, conjuring over dishes of Georgian and French cuisine. They say it turns out magically!
Sofiko ShevardnadzeELLE DECOR:Sofiko, why, of all the cities in the world, did you choose Moscow - covered in dirty snow, paralyzed by traffic jams - Sofiko Shevardnadze: My parents were also surprised to learn that I was leaving Paris, where my family lives, and moving to Moscow. It is a phenomenal city, interesting, alive, in it, unlike New York, you can still do something, become part of some new process. Here I feel like a fish in water. After all, the Russians are closer to me than the French or the Americans. And as for the snow, snow is Moscow. I love it when there is a frosty breeze outside: you go out, take a breath and feel how you are filled with new life. It is unusual to see you without makeup and without diamonds. Have you decided to part with the image of a socialite? I hate this phrase. I am a serious journalist and certainly not a lioness. Sometimes I go to "svet" parties, but for me this is not the purpose of life, but the easiest way to meet childhood friends. It just so happens that many of them are part of the so-called elite. Believe me, most of the time I look exactly like in this photo. As, in fact, so does my apartment. See, it is also "without makeup and without diamonds". How did you choose an apartment? A long time. The search was complicated by the fact that I knew for sure that I wanted to live in the old house on Patriarch's Ponds, and I did not agree to anything else. This is one of the few places in Moscow where neighbors have not yet forgotten how to communicate and where there are still pleasant places for walking. Even on the most gloomy, unlucky day, when I seem ready to shoot myself from these traffic jams, smoke and human aggression, I just turn onto Malaya Bronnaya and forget about everything.
The walls are decorated with works of Georgian artists. One of them is Nikolay Ignatov.
Sofiko really wanted to have a living rooma large soft sofa upholstered in burgundy velvet. It was found at Giorgetti. Above the sofa is a painting by Irakli Sutidze, painted especially for this interior. The doors with blind transoms that go right up to the ceiling are custom-made.
