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Nicolai Levashov. The Mirror of My Soul. Vol. 1. Born in the USSR

just so. Certainly, it was not connected with Olga Sergeevna herself, but with the events

in which she had unwittingly taken part: the consequences of which she asked me to fix
later. Undoubtedly, these events were quite interesting, but the phenomena related to
these events were totally unexpected. However, I will not foretell the events but expound
them one after another.

When I first met Olga Sergeevna T., she asked me to help with her health problems
which appeared to be very serious. She had cancer that caused severe problems in her
abdominal cavity. To tell the truth, everything, especially in the area of the solar plexus
was almost destroyed. It is of interest, how she came to “earn” all this.

Shortly before I met her, a very curious thing happened to Olga Sergeevna. One of
her acquaintances invited her to a performance of Arcady Raikin , during which she
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sent him her energy. After the performance her acquaintance took her backstage and
introduced her to the Raikin! Olga Sergeevna asked him whether he had felt the energy
she had sent him, because it seemed to her that he was tired and exhausted.

“It was you?”—he asked with surprise and asked her to help him this way
constantly.

Olga Sergeevna was beside herself with happiness then. But, it turned out that this
“momentous” event almost cost her life. She became Raikin’s shadow. When he was

on-stage, she stood behind the scenes and pumped him full of her life-force. At the
beginning, the fact of being constantly next to such a “great” man flattered her very
much. In gratitude for her life-force, which Olga Sergeevna gave so generously, Arcady
Raikin presented her with a bouquet of flowers which one of his admirers had presented
to him when he got out of his car upon arriving at the theatre for his next appearance. It
was the only gesture of his gratitude for her life-force which supported him during
concerts. Most likely, he considered that he showed enough gratitude simply permitting
her to be so close to him!

This situation continued for some time, and then the “great” artist Arcady Isakovich
wanted more. He was going to perform in the USA; he asked Olga Sergeevna to become
his mistress and go on tour with him. With all due respect for his talent she firmly refused
his offer. He did not expect this answer, but he aimed not to lose so valuable a donor of
life-force. He then asked if she would go with him in her former “capacity” (as a donor—
E.L.). Olga Sergeevna answered that this would be possible only if her husband went
with her. But this condition did not suit the senescent maestro.

He tried to convince her that the presence of her husband in the USA would be
unnecessary, despite the fact that he spoke several languages fluently. In short, Olga
Sergeevna said a firm “no” to all the maestro’s suggestions. But the “great” humorist
evidently was not accustomed to refusals of any kind, certainly not from women. Over
quite a long period of time his managers tried to “entrap” Olga Sergeevna, almost
constantly being on duty under the windows of her apartment. She was very scared, and
all this sharply changed her opinion about the far-famed artist.

Soon Raikin left for the USA, his people disappeared from under her windows and
Olga Sergeevna thought that the nightmare was at last over. Unfortunately, it was only

23 A Soviet stand up comedian of Jewish descent who led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a
century.
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