Our contemporary goes to the past in order to change the future. The date of March 20, 1935 arose in consciousness by itself, and I did not even have time to fully realize the choice, as I had already blurted out her interlocutor. Although the choice of the Stalin era itself could rather be called thoughtful than accidental. Going somewhere further down the timeline would be much more rash. A complete unfamiliar life, other people, other relationships, even a different language. I would hang out in an ice hole as a stranger for 10 years, at least before getting used to it.