Actress Irina Tereshenkova lives in the M. G. Savina House of Veterans of the Stage in St. Petersburg. More than 30 years ago, her theatrical career came to an abrupt end: at the age of 48, she left the theater. The Leningrad Lensovet Theatre, where she served for almost a quarter of a century with the great theatre director Igor Vladimirov, playing in line with the great actress Alice Freundlich. Fate has prepared many blows for her, but the love of life and the ability to never give up unfold life circumstances in a completely unexpected way.