Hello! My name is Nelly.

I was born, raised and have lived in the city of Ufa - the capital of the Bashkortostan republic, which is situated in the center of Russia. If you are interested, you can look at the map and I am sure it will not be difficult for you to find my city. Ufa is a fairly big city, the population of which is more than one million people. There is much green in our city and the people are very kind and hospitable. The nature of our republic is very beautiful, there are the Ural Mountains, many rivers and clean lakes. The place, I live in, is often compared with Switzerland, as the nature is very similar.

I am a musician, a pianist. I graduated from the Music school and then The Institute of Art. I have been playing the piano for about 18 years and the music is a part of my soul. I have many pieces of different composers like Rahmaninov, Beethoven, Shopen, List, Ravel, Scriabin and some national ones in my repertoire.

At the moment I am taking a postgraduate course. I play sonata F moll by Brams, a rapsodia by Paganini for fortepiano with orchestra and some pieces of national Bashkirs composers. I have received rewards from many regional and international competitions. When I went to school I won the Republics competition of young pianists. In 1996 I was awarded the 1st Prize on the International competition in Paris Musical de France.

Of course it was not only my success but was also the success of my teacher. I am very grateful to my teacher because she helped me to believe in myself, to feel a real artist and express my feeling in music freely. She is not only a good teacher of music but also a kind and intelligent woman. I admire her talent and personal qualities.

I like to travel. I have been to Portugal, Spain, and France. I was very impressed by visiting museums, exhibitions. I think that travelling helps you to learn more about people, history, and culture.

I have a mother, a father and a sister. My mother is a doctor. My father deals with ceramics. My sister is married. This summer I spent in Moscow with her family. I have a nice niece. She is 11 y.o. I enjoyed the time spent with my sister's family very much.

My hobbies are sewing and designing. I sew different clothes for me and for my mother. I go to a sports class and I think that working out keeps your body in a good shape and spirits high. I like watching good films, reading interesting books. As for my character features, I am calm but like good humor and I like people with good sense of humor. I value sincerity, honesty and kindness in people. I like creating comfortable and warm atmosphere at home. I like flowers and I grow some beautiful ones.

I have not connected my life with a man from my country, as I do not see the man who I could create a strong, based on the mutual love and respect family with. The man, with whom I could feel secure and happy. I would like to meet such a man abroad and I hope to be lucky. I would like to start a happy family with a kind, intelligent, faithful and secure man and have children.

I dream of meeting and creating a family with a loving, honest, caring man.

All the best, Nelly