Little big group biography. Little Big: little people of big show business

A century after the October Revolution, in the cradle of the Russian revolution appears new Ilyich. Arriving from the Trans-Baikal hinterland, hitherto unknown in the area, the young man Ilyusha decides to conquer the St. Petersburg public with his extraordinary behavior and comes up with a purely Slavic game. Having posted a funny short film on the Internet with obvious mockery of the domestic mentality, he achieves his first wild success.

The video fires like an epoch-making blank shell from a legendary cruiser, now permanently laid up. April Fool's Prank over the jaded subscribers of a popular farce video attracts the attention of the local crowd. A former baseball player and graduate of the Institute of Culture is offered to urgently put together a team of buffoons.

Following a long tradition of noisy furor fairground entertainment, an enterprising blogger and certified entertainer gathers a team of like-minded people who are ready to dance on stage to someone else’s tune, because the fledgling company does not have its own songs. Having successfully worked as the opening act for Die Antwoord, the guys become notorious. A couple of short girls, standing out against the backdrop of freshly minted stars, contribute to the emergence of a name for an educated ensemble.

The wave of popularity causes an incredible surge of creative activity among the newly-minted performers of satirical couplets. They record a dozen simple lyrics accompanied by an exciting drum roll mixed with folk motives. The Russian consumer of online entertainment products is instantly divided into two hostile camps. Some consider the upstarts on the stage to be scumbags mocking the sacred, others are inclined to believe that the newcomers deliberately use satire in melodic accompaniment in the traditional national ornament for a forced rapprochement with the masses.

The authors of the original compositions themselves publicly declare that such an approach to music is a reflection modern society. They openly ridicule existing behavioral stereotypes and the existence of a person from Russia. All tracks are accompanied colorful show with visuals and a hilarious recitative that brings numerous fans into ecstasy. Having caught the crushing surf of hype, the guys deafeningly make fun of their compatriots, presenting in a humorous manner the complex processes taking place in their native land.

Composition Little Big

• Founder, vocals - Ilya Prusikin, pseudonym - Ilyich;
• Vocalist – Olympia Ivleva;
• Vocalist – Anton Lissov, pseudonym – MrClown;
• Vocalist – Sofya Tayurskaya;
• Music producer, DJ – Sergey Makarov, pseudonym – Gokk;
• Anna Kast is a former participant from the initial set.

Members of the group from St. Petersburg promote themselves as representatives of art collaboration. Captivating songs are instantly scattered into aphoristic memes on the Internet. A youth gang playing and singing in rave style considers itself to be a rock movement. Most critics note its deliberate originality, asserting its view of nationality and cultural tradition. Grotesque and caustic revealing attacks turn the performances into a folklore picture that can amaze the listener with the unusual presentation of the text and turn the concert into a truly enchanting spectacle.

Discography

Studio album releases:

• "Funeral Rave"
• "With Russia From Love"
• "Anti positive"

Singles:

• "Dead Unicorn"
• "Give Me Your Money"
• "Rave On"
• "Kind Inside Hard Outside"

Many years of experience in running a personal blog and channel on YouTube allows the cultural worker, who once woke up famous, to promote the filmed tapes and earn substantial capital from views and win another audience of admirers of his talent. The project exists and thrives thanks to the team efforts of its partners. A faithful colleague in the film kitchen, Alina is engaged in the production of viral clips created by the genius of production and direction of the tireless leader.

Symbols of the fatherland, invariably present in almost every fragment of the mad storylines short musicals stun the imagination and have a fantastic flair for the reaction of users of the leading video hosting site. Millions of fans are rushing to view the next new product released for review in the online space.

• "AK-47";
• "Faradenza"
• "Big Dick"
• "Life In Da Trash";
• "Every day I'm Drinking";
• "Dead Unicorn"
• "Hateful Love"
• LollyBomb;
• "Polyushko Pole";
• "Public Enemy"
• "Punks Not Dead"
• "Russian hooligans";
• "U Can Take";
• "Skibidi";
• "We Will Push A Button";
• "From Russia with love".

"AK-47"

"Faradenza"

"Big Dick"

"Life In Da Trash"

"Dead Unicorn"

"Hateful Love"

"Lolly Bomb"

"POLYUSHKO POLYE"

"Public Enemy"

"Punks Not Dead"

"Russian Hooligans"

"U Can Take"

"Skibidi"

"We Will Push A Button"

"WITH RUSSIA FROM LOVE"

Outrageous and extravagant rave performers are known not only in their homeland. Their tours in the Netherlands and France create a real sensation. Russian-speaking musicians with vodka and balalaikas are in unprecedented demand. In November 2107, the main character of the famous rave team has an heir. Being the true Ilya Muromets of all-Russian show business, the world-famous dad calls his son by ancient custom Dobrynya, rightly believing that the matured offspring will eventually join the ranks of the continuers of the epic antiquity on stage.

Today we will talk in detail about the project Little Big. The composition of the group will be given below. The team made its presence known for the first time on April 1, 2013, by posting its debut video Everyday I"m Drinking on the YouTube platform. Literally a few months later, the first line-up of the Little Big group was invited to perform at a concert with sensational people, after which they were immediately nicknamed Russian greetings.

This analogy only played into the hands of the team. Until recently no one famous group from St. Petersburg at one point became popular not only in native Russia, but also far beyond. The project was also dubbed “funeral rave” and “trash tent” by fans, thanks to the wild, incomparable energy both in the videos and at concerts.

The name Little Big is due to the difference in height between the team members. The fact is that initially the group had two vocalists no taller than 130 cm. To this day, Olympia Ivleva is an active member who, despite her unique height, has incredible, powerful energy.

Little Big: group composition

• Ilya “Ilyich” Prusikin (frontman of the group, vocals).
• Sergey “Gokk” Makarov (sound producer, DJ).
• Olympia Ivleva (vocals).
• aka Mr Clown (vocals).
• Sofia Tayurskaya (vocals).
• Anna Kast ( former member, the first composition of the group).

Rock and more

According to the vocalist of the group Ilya “Ilyich” Prusikin, the rave genre, like all electronic music, is quite popular in its own right in our time, so the creators of the group did not invest a penny in its promotion, but at the same time they became known throughout Europe. He says that the band members position themselves, first of all, as rock musicians. They consider their performance style new form this direction. At the same time, passion for electronic music helped combine these two genres into one organic style.

During its existence, the group released two albums: With Russia From Love (2014) and Funeral Race (2015). The discs turned out to be in demand, thanks to which the main line-up of the group traveled almost all of Europe with concerts. So it began creative takeoff Little Big project. The composition of the group has changed somewhat since its founding. So, for example, vocalist Anna Kast left the band. Her place is still occupied by Sofia Tayurskaya.

The group members state that semantic load the lyrics of their songs, as well as video clips, ridicule national stereotypes about Russians. By the way, the entire video is shot by Alina Pyazok, who is the founder of the group. Since Little Big have experience in creating videos and own their own production company, the team produces all the videos independently. It is quite difficult to definitely call the group musical. Rather, it is a kind of art project with a fairly diverse team. The frontman has already gained popularity earlier thanks to his show on the YouTube channel.

Similarity

The band members admit that they were influenced by completely different musicians, from famous giants of the rock scene, such as Cannibal Corpse, to the great classics. Despite the similarity of style and manners with the mega-popular South Africans Die Antwoord and constant comparison with them, Little Big themselves are distinguished by their individuality.

Issues

Every new track, like the clip, is a mixture of peculiar humor, filled with one’s own view of Russian culture and folk songs, and a rigid social position. The musicians have repeatedly emphasized that their style is not connected with hatred of the Motherland, it is simply such a unique way of drawing society’s attention to its problems. But despite this social position, the band remains a vibrant mix of seemingly incompatible styles and incredible, infectious energy.

Now you know what the features and uniqueness of the project called Little Big are. We also described the composition of the group above, as well as the changes that occurred in it.

• 11. 07. 2016

Her height is 130 centimeters. But the diagnosis of achondroplasia was not a death sentence for Anna Kast, but a way to assert her uniqueness

“Your child has died,” the doctors told Anna’s mother. The girl was actually born dead. But after 12 minutes I started breathing. And now, when they ask her how she achieved everything, the girl answers: “I began to survive from birth.”

She played in the films “Cop Wars”, “Pen and Sword”, “In Your Eyes”, “Once Upon a Time There Was a Fox”, “Treasure”, became the queen of the international tattoo convention; performed in productions of the theatrical and erotic project Neverporn; opened the premiere of the cartoon “Despicable Me” at the Kinotavr festival. She also participated in the Mercedes-Benz fashion show, founded popular group Little Big and recently opened her own tattoo parlor, KastHome. With all her actions she is trying to prove to little people that people with achondroplasia can live normal life, and not hide in your corners. But she has to fight not only with their prejudices, but also with the condemnation of the majority of society, not accustomed to others, unusual, not like everyone else. But Anya is stronger, because from childhood her mother explained to her that she is the best and she will succeed.

IN Soviet time Anna's future dad came to Leningrad from Cuba to defend his diploma in chemistry. Mom then worked at the secret Bolshevik plant, which produced spare parts for tanks. When everything started to spiral, KGB officers methodically began to call her, interrogated her and wanted to fire her, because the party forbade having a relationship with a foreigner. But the plant management intervened. The parents lived together until their daughter was one year old. Then dad left and didn’t return: maybe he was afraid of the girl’s diagnosis or the pressure of the party, or maybe he found another love.

Anna is not offended: “I am grateful to dad for giving me life. For your hair, skin, immunity. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be so beautiful, so individual and wouldn’t smile at life. He is Spanish and lives in Cuba. They are starving there, but they are dancing.” The nickname Cast is an abbreviation for Spanish surname Castellanos.

Anna Kast

Photo: Natalya Bulkina for TD

The girl was born small, but she didn’t notice it until she was 15 years old. From the very beginning, the mother convinced her daughter: “You are the best, you can do anything.” Already in kindergarten she began to receive her first awards at competitions. As a child, I felt like an ordinary child: I played volleyball with the boys, ran from dogs, ate donuts from cousin in a store on Staronevsky Prospekt, which their grandmother-cleaner saved for them.

Fortunately, Anya’s mother had enough love and courage not to try to change nature. “Now many mothers of children like me are discussing growth hormones on the Internet, which they give to their children without a doctor’s prescription, without being interested in the consequences,” Anya says with horror. - So they try to correct their “grief”, as they call it, and they think that the children will immediately become normal. It happens that hormones have a strange effect: arms or legs grow, but the rest does not. Children are now given the Ilizarov apparatus at the age of three, although previously it was required by law at twelve. Yesterday we went on a boat ride with a friend to whom we installed it. She herself cannot enter the ship - her legs do not bend, the tendons are all strained. The bones stretch from the apparatus, but the tendons do not. How can you break healthy bones? Children spend five years in the hospital with the device. And after that, there is no question of a normal childhood: swimming, cycling.

Children need support from birth, not cosmetic enhancements

Moreover, they lengthen it for the sake of a difference of 10 centimeters. All this is instead of instilling in the child that he is the best, that he can do anything. Children need support from birth, not cosmetic enhancements.”

And then Anya started transitional age and first disappointments. “In 2001, when there were no social networks, the fashionable feature was telephone pranks. That’s how I met a young man, his name was Kim. We talked for a week and he made an appointment with me. And I understand that I can’t go because I didn’t explain what I look like. I just said that I was short, and he replied: “Nothing, it’s so interesting to be with you!” I shared it with my mother, and she supported me: she took me to the store and bought me high-heeled boots for 700 rubles. I put them on under a floor-length checkered blue dress and went. We were supposed to meet in the subway. I waited for Kim on the platform for 45 minutes. I saw him from afar, behind a pillar, and recognized him from the description of his clothes. When I came home, he called me and said that he could no longer see me. And I cried - I was ashamed in front of my mother that she bought me boots,” Anna tells this story and cries again. Because mom is no longer there.

She was not hired to work in her specialty, as a librarian. At the district reading room they asked: “How will you reach the shelves?” Then my mother said that the elite school, where the children of actors and politicians study, needed a teacher on duty.

“I come to school and line up all the children in the corridor, 300 people, and say: “Hello. WITH today I'm working with you. My name is Anya,” the girl recalls. Now grown-up students invite her to weddings, come to the salon to get tattoos, or see her in clubs.

During the day she watched children at school, and at night she worked as an animator and acted in films. After a while, the school administration began to force Anna out of work: “I smiled a lot. I came to school as if it were a holiday, like a red carpet - they didn’t like it.”

Anna Kast

Photo: Natalya Bulkina for TD

Anna Kast

Photo: Natalya Bulkina for TD

In 2009, Anna got her first tattoo with her then-boyfriend Pasha. A few days later, she received a call from the salon and was invited to film the theatrical and erotic project Neverporn based on Andersen’s fairy tale “The Naked King”: “I was interested in filming for them - this is art. You need to be careful with eroticism, especially in our situation, you can’t overdo it. There must be a talented photographer so that it is not messy. So that the trolls don’t say: “Finally, we’ve filmed the dwarfs!”

A week later, she was chosen as the queen of the international tattoo festival, although she had practically no tattoos. She made a second one on it: an image of a black and white cassette with recordings of Toto Cutugno, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, which her father once gave to her mother. On the third day of the competition, she released a stream of fire from her mouth from the stage - she learned this backstage, five minutes before the performance. And so she won. Then everything started to happen very quickly: touring with theatrical performances Neverporn teams in Germany, Holland.

In her eighth year of work at school, friends suggested that Anna work as an administrator in a tattoo parlor. “Thanks to them, my fear of leaving school disappeared. Even though I was earning seven thousand there, I was still scared to quit.” The girl took a vacation and worked in the studio for a month. I was disappointed and three days later I decided to open my own tattoo salon, KastHome. It took another week to make repairs and recruit clients.

In 2013, Anna, together with another little girl Olympia, created a rave Little group Big. They became famous for their provocative and satirical videos about life in Russia. Anna says that she came up with the group in order to draw public attention to the existence of little people in Russia, and to inspire the little ones themselves. “I take every opportunity of an interview or appearance on TV to declare that we exist, that we are not some kind of fairy-tale invention out of the woods. Little Big for me is a social activity, a reminder of myself.” The group gathered stadiums of thousands in Russia and Europe: France, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

Anna often compares the living conditions of little people in Europe and Russia and posts real-life examples on her page. She wants to prove to society that there is nothing wrong with being unusual: “In Russia there are very few pairs of little and little. Because they are afraid to draw attention to their unusualness, they want to blend into the crowd with someone “normal.”

But abroad this is normal: a couple - two small children and a child. There their future is thought out. All social services are paid for, they live like the rich. They hardly work, they just hang out. But here there is no such thing. You are born this way, you receive a pension of eight thousand, and how you establish yourself in society depends only on you.”

Abroad this is normal: two little ones and a child. All social benefits are paid for, they live like the rich

Anya established herself in society. She left the group, but her popularity has not gone away: “Now I don’t take the subway, I’m afraid. Because people constantly take pictures with me everywhere and say hello. Little Big fans, police officers - everyone. Recently I went to temple. A couple of days later, an unfamiliar boy wrote to me that he saw me confessing and even crying. There is no peace even in the temple.”

Of course, there is a kind of coquetry in this. But Anya also has to deal with hostility, from all sides: « Me and my pages in in social networks Little people talk a lot. They don't understand me, they think I disgrace them. I show myself in images, and they think that I am a buffoon. The fact that I am an animator and earn money from this, and this is difficult in our situation, does not interest them. And they don’t have a single photo on their personal pages, I don’t understand this. When the state and society are against people, they unite in their own small groups similar friends at a friend and say: “Yes, we are unhappy. Okay, we’ll live as is.”

Anna Kast

Photo: Natalya Bulkina for TD

Ordinary women also condemn me: “How can this be? She's not like everyone else. Why is she so outspoken? Why can't we do this? This is not normal." They write to me: “Aren’t you ashamed? This is a disgrace." They will never say it's because I'm small. Why don't they write this to others? I offend them because I am different and I am brave. According to the standards, I should live within four walls, remain silent and enjoy my pension.”

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Ilya Prusikin (Ilyich) is an old-timer of the Russian YouTube scene, co-founder of the creative association “KlikKlak”, one of the authors of the idea for the web series “Police Everyday Life”, the Constructorr project, the social show “In the Order of Things” and many other rating videos. Blogger, director, video producer, judge of rap fights Versus Battle, leader of the musical rave group Little Big, with the help of which Ilyich fulfills his old dream - to become a world phenomenon musical culture and “pump up the whole world.”

Childhood and youth

The future YouTube celebrity was born on April 8, 1985 on the border with China, in Transbaikalia. Soon the family moved to Leningrad region, and later to the city on the Neva itself. According to the blogger, his family has Polish and Jewish roots.

Ilya graduated not only from general education, but also music school in piano class. IN adolescence he enjoyed football, aircraft modeling and baseball.

In 2002, Ilya founded his first group – Tenkorr. The team worked in the emocore genre. Their first mini-album consisted of three tracks and was called “It Will Be Late.” In 2004, the group presented a concert video for the song “How It All Began (K.V.N.)” and received the Grand Prix at the Leningrad Regional Festival.

A year later, their debut album “My Last Letter” was recorded, which included ten conceptual compositions, including “It will be late”, “Pseudo love”, “World without you”, “Metro”, “K.V.N.” Then videos were released for the tracks “Hate” and “Believe”. In the latter, at first everything looked like a traditional emo video: there was a hero, a girl, suffering and a friend calming the guy down. But then it turned out that he was suffering not for her, but for his friend...

During the same period, Tenkorr recorded new album“ROCK, baby!”, made a tour in support of it, visiting about three dozen cities in our country.

Ilya Prusikin and the Tenkorr group - “Sex police”

In 2008, their new long play “SEX POLICE” was released, which included 10 songs in the “alternative rock” genre.

At the same time, the musician managed to work with the bands Like A Virgin, st.Bastards, Construktorr, which the media dubbed “the brightest phenomenon in cultural life countries, then expressive crazy people.”

Biography of Ilya Prusikin

Playing music didn't hurt young man get higher education. He graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy at the St. Petersburg Institute of Culture.

Career development

In 2011, the musician and songwriter, who had experience producing video clips, began collaborating with creative association"Thanks, Eva!" and master video blogging.

In partnership with Vladimir Besedin, he launched the project “Guffy Gaff Show”. They attracted other YouTube stars to record it: Ilya Davydov (Madison), Ruslan Usachev, Arthur Galchenko (Sam Nickel), Vasily Rudenko (Vasya Ebashilovo), etc.

The show imitated children's entertainment and educational programs: sock puppets sang funny songs, but they were not at all dedicated to learning letters and basic social concepts- The giraffe advised how to avoid the army, the drug-addicted cat taught how to become a rapper...

Only 2 seasons of the show were released, as the creators switched to more interesting projects, but many songs from “The Guffy Gaff Show” are still stored in the memories of thousands of viewers.

No less popular was the satirical show “The Great Rap Battle” (an adaptation of the English-language project Epic Rap Battles of History), where famous historical figures in the format of rap duels. The topical topics and pressing social issues discussed during them made us not only laugh, but also think. For example, in a battle Pussy Piot and Patriarch Kirill, Jesus Christ and Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Lenin could clash.

Great Rap Battle from Ilya Prusikin! Stalin vs Pavel Durov

In 2012, Ilyich became one of the directors of the web series “Police Everyday Life”, and also played the role of Sergeant Kotov in it. Many of the video makers from “Eva” again became his co-stars: Denis Kukoyaka, Vladimir Besedin, Sam Nickel, Ilya Maddison. The project was closed after the release of only three 12-minute episodes.

In 2013, Ilyich began collaborating with St. Petersburg video blogger, member of the “Successful Group” Eldar Dzharakhov. The result of their joint work was the creation of the ClickClakBand association. As part of the project, Ilyich, Dzharakhov, Yura Muzychenko and other bloggers played Jenga with a stun gun, fought in the pool with Vaseline in skimpy swimsuits, gave each other “bream” and did many other crazy but funny things.

Ilya Prusikin and “Little Big”

During the same period, he created the rave group Little Big, which was called a super virus in the press. Listeners often compared her with the shocking South African band Die Antwoord, whose opening act the musicians rocked at the St. Petersburg club “A2” on July 2, 2013.

The band's frontman was even accused of completely copying his image from the lead singer of Die Antwoord, but the attacks did not last long. Little Big have proven their originality and great potential on the world stage: the St. Petersburgers have won the hearts of listeners in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Argentina, the USA and Brazil.

The pearl of the group were the dwarf soloists Olympia Ivleva and Anna Karst (later left the group).

The very first video of this shocking group called “Everyday I"m Drinking” instantly spread across the Internet. The clip ridiculed “cranberry” stereotypes about Russia and delighted the eye with stunning camera work: a bear snorting cocaine with a naked purple-haired girl, predatory grinning clowns in the background a shabby front door, Soviet interiors and a lot of vodka.

Ilya Prusikin and Little Big - Everyday I"m drinking

The bar was set high, but everyone new clip Little Big was not inferior to the first in the quality and extravagance of its approach: “Life in Da Trash”, popularly nicknamed “clip with maggots”, “Give Me Your Money”, “Big Dick” (winner of the Berlin festival music videos in the category “Best Trash Video”), “With Russia From Love”, “Public Enemy”, “Hateful Love”, in which model Elena Sheidlina starred.

TrendSpace met with three small people and found out what difficulties they face in ordinary life.

Olympia Ivleva

Occupation: front-woman of the musical rave group Little Big
Age: 25 years
Height: 130 cm

I have never focused either myself or other people's attention on my height, and in most cases I have always found mutual language with the people who surrounded me. I first encountered this only when children appeared in my life, known for their cruelty and misunderstanding in their early teens at school.

Naturally, I had difficulties at school, but they were so rare that until some time I did not understand why children were trying to show such an increased interest in me. After some time, I myself conveyed to everyone who was burning with curiosity to find out why I was so “non-standard”, and all the questions disappeared. I just spoke to them calmly, without being aggressive, things like: “Look at yourself and look at me. How are you and I different? Everything is true, nothing, we can see, hear, speak and think, as well as feel and love. So why do you think I'm inferior to you? Maybe physiologically - yes, but does that change anything? I have always had many friends, as well as an extremely positive attitude towards the world.

Perhaps only with high bar stools and height limiters on the rides.

In regular stores, but I have a significant bonus - an expanded selection: I can buy clothes in the adult and children's departments. This significantly expands the boundaries of choice. In general, I believe that if you want to look cool, you just need to put in some effort and have a sense of style, and everything will be great.

The vast majority, if we consider the average height to be 170–180 cm. Again, the concept of average, short and high height is very relative for me in particular. There are no limits or laws of growth. Therefore, it is difficult to say which of my friends is a person of average height.

No way.

It seems to me that no one thinks about this, except people with short stature. Well, again, I always get out of the situation very simply: I ask the people around me for help. Men, by the way, really appreciate it when they understand that they can help someone with something.

I would like to see changes in people. I want them to be kinder and more smiling. This is the most important thing.

Sergey Lekhkobyt

Occupation type: actor
Age: 21 years old
Height: 138 cm

How did you feel the first time you realized you were different from most people?

Honestly, I don't remember when I felt that I was different from other people. Probably in school years. I remember when we went to the doctors, then I already realized that I had a problem with my height. I was even given the third disability group.

Did you encounter insults and bullying towards you as a child?

Yes, I have. Especially at school, various offensive words were said to me. It was very disappointing. And then I couldn’t hit or shut someone’s mouth. It was unpleasant. I often told my mother and cried because I was being offended. Now no one offends me. Just let them try!

What difficulties do you face in everyday life?

I wouldn't say that I really feel any difficulties. My legs and arms are fine, just like an ordinary person. I can do everything. Every person has difficulties, no matter what they are. For example, one of the difficulties is getting something in the supermarket. There are very high shelves, and you either have to jump up or ask someone to do it. Also, at various ticket offices, for example, at railway stations, it is difficult to reach the window, and mostly people sit there fat woman, and it’s even difficult for her to lift one place.

Where do you buy clothes and shoes?

I buy clothes in regular stores. For example, T-shirts, shirts, sweaters - I have everything. The pants are also easy to find, but you still need to bring them in to be cut off. Shoes are also easy. My feet are size 39, so, thank God, there are no difficulties in this regard.

I would not say that my life is somehow different from the life of another person. I decided that I was a man like all men. I live like everyone else and don’t mind the fact that I’m short. On the contrary, it is my uniqueness that everyone pays attention to. I walk, relax and do everything like everyone else.

On this moment I'm young and single guy, so far without a significant other. I emphasize that for now there is no soul mate, she will appear very soon. And I don’t see any reason to rush into this. I'm still very young, only 21.

Do you have friends of average height?

I have few true friends, but they are of different sizes - both small and large. Mostly I have comrades. I communicate more with girls than with guys. They are all taller than me, comfortable and comfortable with them.

Do you feel isolated from society?

In no case. I'm the same person as everyone else. I am open, uncomplicated, I set an example that I am cheerful and sociable, I went towards my goal and was not afraid of anything. There is only one life, and you need to take from it what you can.

Do you think there are conditions for short people in the city?

If we talk about conditions in cities, then they are nowhere to be found, since there are only about a couple of tens of thousands of little people in the world. Why should they think about little ones? We ourselves adapt to their conditions that they create for us.

What changes would you like to see in social and urban life to make your life more comfortable?

I like everything. I feel comfortable, I’m not afraid of anything, I’ll climb where no one can climb a common person. I never even paid much attention to it.

Anna Nikishina

Occupation type: unemployed
Age: 33 years
Height: 113 cm

How did you feel the first time you realized you were different from most people?

I do not remember. Probably, from childhood I understood that I was different from other people.

Did you encounter insults and bullying towards you as a child?

Yes, I did, but I dealt with it. My dad explained to me from childhood that I was the same person, just short in stature.

What difficulties do you face in everyday life?

In ordinary life, these are trips to shops and supermarkets. The food is high up there. Now is the 21st century, so almost everything has already been done for disabled people. It used to be difficult on buses, but now there is no problem with it. They now have low steps.

Where do you buy clothes and shoes?

I buy clothes in children's stores. It’s very difficult with shoes; I’m size 25. I also find it only in children's stores.

How does your life differ from the life of a person of average height?

It is very difficult for us to get a job. Because of their height, they don’t take them anywhere. Well, it’s good at home, because we arrange everything for ourselves.

Do you have a loved one?

Yes. He accepts me for who I am.

Do you feel isolated from society?

No, I don't feel it. I can visit anything you want. There were problems with carousels before, but now I'm not interested. There were height restrictions. There are also problems with licenses; we are not given the right to drive.

Do you think there are conditions for short people in the city?

No, they have not been created. Shops, some banks, metro, where the cash registers are high. This is very inconvenient for us.