Gleb Glinka and Dr. Lisa: 30 happy years together

About Elizaveta Glinka is still being written and said a lot. Everything that she has done for the salvation of human lives, overestimated or properly assessed can only people she helped. Dr. Lisa always with great excitement and enthusiasm told about the activities and work of the foundation "Fair Aid", but almost never talked about her personal life. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Gleb Glinka lived together for 30 happy years.

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Elizaveta Glinka in his youth.

In the House of Artists in Moscow held an exhibition of expressionists, where Elizabeth met her future husband, Gleb Glinka. Young Lisa asked the stranger's cigarette lighter, and he - her phone number. The man was much older than her, and she seemed very old. But in response to a request to call for some reason she agreed. On the question of the appointment said that her examination in forensic medicine.

Moscow, the mid-1980s.

He met her at the morgue, and was shocked at the difference between the Russian and American morgues. Gleb Glinka was Russian in origin, but was born and raised in America. Nevertheless, he was always drawn to their historic homeland.

The lawyer Gleb Glinka.

As acknowledged by Gleb Glebovich, a week after they met, they both knew that definitely will get married and live a lifetime together. She always liked strong men. Attracted Elizabeth Petrovna is not physical strength and ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them. If a man is at the same time was more intelligent and educated, then she might fall in love with him. Gleb Glebovich Glinka brilliantly studied and graduated from the College in English Literature, followed by law school, with the same excellent marks. Much later, in Russia 60 years of age passed the exam on the Russian legal profession and is also excellent.

He was willing to stay in Russia, next to his chosen ones, but Lisa just laughed: "You are lost!". In 1986, she graduated from the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute, received the profession of child resuscitator-anesthesiologist. And until 1990 they lived in Moscow, and then went to America together, along with the eldest son of Constantine.

between America and Russia

Gleb and Lisa in their Vermont home. From left to right: Olga Okudzhava, Antonina Iskander, Lisa, Hleb, poet Naum Korzhavin, playwright and director Sergei Kokovkin, Fazil Iskander, Okudzhava. 1992.

In America Elizaveta Glinka graduated from medical school with a degree in palliative medicine. Gleb Glebovich advised her to pay attention to the hospice, which was located not far from their home. Lisa began to help terminally ill patients. She studied for five years, as the construction work of the hospice, the difficulties encountered. And at the same time I understood - it is possible and necessary to alleviate human suffering.

The first parachute jump, July 2009.

Later, they returned to Russia at the request of Elizabeth, spend 2 years in Kiev due Gleb contract. And everywhere Dr. Lisa will help people. In Moscow, having already had two sons, she will work with the First Moscow Hospice, in Kiev, will create its first hospice. The most amazing thing that Gleb Glinka, always and everywhere to support his wife. He, more than anyone, understood that helping those in need for it is the same natural need to breathe.

A measure of good

Elizabeth and Gleb Glinka with his son.

When Dr. Lisa's mother fell into a coma and was in hospital Burdenko, Elizaveta Glinka every day to buy meat, especially my mother's favorite, his cook, ground into a paste that can be fed from a tube. She knew the taste of cooked food Mama does not feel, but nevertheless, two and a half years, twice a day, came to the hospital and nursed her mother, holding her hand. That was all of it.

With her husband and son Gleb Alyosha, Vermont 1991.

Hleb and Elizabeth brought up two sons. But they appeared in the family and the third boy - Ilya. He was adopted as an infant, but when the boy was 13 years old, died of his adoptive mother. When Dr. Lisa began to tell her husband about the fate of the boy, he immediately realized that he would be their son. He again supported his wife in her decision.

Gleb Glinka.

Perhaps he could deny his wife to engage in its activities. Elizabeth herself Glinka spoke about readiness to stop working if it will interfere with her family. But Gleb Glebovich thought that is not the moral right.

"We were very happy together,"

Hleb and Elizabeth with children.

She loved her family and did not like to talk about it in an interview. She wanted to protect the family from publicity, especially when it began to address the threat of sound. Dr. Lisa under any circumstances, try to spend the weekend with his family. The only time she changed this habit, and was 25 December 2016.

Dr. Lisa.

Gleb Glebovich was difficult to endow his wife with gifts. New thing in just a couple of weeks it was possible to see on someone of your friends or even on her ward with Paveletsky station where Dr. Lisa nursed and treated the homeless. Again he did not protest. And she could not do otherwise, and even proud, that her charges look better than others homeless.

When she first went to the zone of conflict in the Donbass hard to save sick children, he realized how dangerous it is. But again she was on the behest of the heart where it needed.

Dr. Lisa.

December 25, 2016, she boarded the plane bound for Syria. Dr. Lisa was taking medication to University Hospital. she will never return to this flight.

Gleb Glinka can not accept the loss of so far. He refuses to recognize the fact that his beloved will never be there. He writes in the afterword to her book: "I shared with her my life ..."