I mean, in any way, like, is it like going home?

Do you feel a connection to Russia?

Because you are Russian, Properly Russian When I'm half Russian.

My mom's London West Ham.

Actually some properly West Ham in Russia.

So, Yeah, my dad was born in Russia.

Yeah, he came when he was two years old.

Grew up here.

But when he was born in Russia.

Yeah, because your name.

I mean, you were born with a proper Russian name, which I can't Yeah, ee.

Yeah, Well, I Cheever Helen, but LeAnn on the Russian version of that Yeah.

So you were born here.

Your dad wasn't born here, and then your grandfather was the person who came here?

Yes.

Yes, Exactly.

And what was he?

He was one of the He was in the army and he was in the czarist army.

I mean, I can't receive and accept a long time ago, but he was actually a young officer, a colonel in the czarist army.

Yeah, and he was sent here to make an arms deal with the British government because the Russians have very few arms at the time.

So and then he basically got cut off by the Revolution.

Because if he went back, he would have been instantly ex executed.

So, um and he began with a cabbie.

He came a London taxi driver.

Andi, You know, as his fortunes went down and down and down and he got cut off from the family estates in the money in a new restaurant in Russia.

He eventually became a cabby.

My dad did the knowledge as well.

Your daughter of two cabins.

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

I heard you talking about your household, that it was quite Russian, growing up like there wasn't Russian.

I didn't notice that.

There's not much small talk, you know, You don't have small talk in Russian now.

So what do you talk about?

You talk about the soul and you talk about, you know, is there God and you talk about deep philosophical stuff.

So when I sort of grew up on Dhe left home, I found it almost in part.

I would've found it.

Impossible to sit here, not talk about really heavy.

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