My favorite subject in school was history. I liked to read books with historical plots, especially related to Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the civilizations of Mesopotamia. My father regularly bought the magazine called Around the World. There were many interesting articles about the history of countries, new palaeontological researches, excavations of destroyed ancient cities, and so on. I read stories that deal with the reconstruction of the life of people in the Stone Age with great interest. And what is very important, I was lucky to have a good teacher in school. Maybe if I didn't choose painting, I would become a historian or anthropologist.

My favorite subject in school was history. I liked to read books with historical plot, especially related to Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and civilizations of Mesopotamia. My father regularly bought a magazine called Around the World. There were many interesting articles about history of countries, new palaeontological researches, excavations of destroyed ancient cities and so on. I read stories which dealt with reconstruction of life of people in the Stone Age with great interest. And what is very important, I was lucky to have a good teacher in school. Maybe if I hadn't chosen painting, I would have become a historian or anthropologist.

My favorite subject in school was history. I liked to read books with historical plot, especially related to Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and civilizations of Mesopotamia. My father regularly bought the magazine called Around the World. There were many interesting articles about history of countries, new palaeontological researches, excavations of destroyed ancient cities and so on. I read stories which deal with reconstruction of life of people in the Stone Age with great interesting. And what is very important, I was lucky to have a good teacher in school. May be if I didn't chose painting, I would become an historian or anthropologist.