“They say about people like Dmitry: he will take off his last shirt”
A close friend Svetlana told about the Markushkin family of Muscovites who died on a tour of the underground sewers of Moscow. Earlier, the bodies of the Markushkins were found in a sewer near the Bolshoi Ustyinsky Bridge.
— He was my friend. We have known each other for many years. Dima was a deeply religious person, but did not advertise it. He loved to pray, often went to churches, kept fasts. He led an ascetic life. “He will take off his last shirt” — this is how his character can be described. If someone in his family fell ill, he called me, and together we prayed for the health of a loved one.
— He is divorced from his wife, but has maintained an excellent relationship with her. They raised the child together. Often met with his daughter, 15-year-old Elizabeth. She lived with her mother, but spent holidays and weekends with her father. They had a very good, sensitive family.
— Yes, like all teenagers at the age of 15. She was always happy to be active with her dad. The girl is very inquisitive, loved to read, studied Chinese just for herself. I grasped everything on the fly, studied for one “five”. I wanted to connect my life either with mathematics or with IT technologies. Dmitry and Liza were very fond of studying the history of Moscow. Maybe it was because of the desire to learn a little more about the capital that they went on a tour.
— About Victoria I can only say that she was Gleb's girlfriend, and she was 15 years old. And Gleb himself was a very active 17-year-old teenager. He loved hiking, tourist gatherings. Gleb, Lisa and Dmitry often met and spent time together. Together we went on a trip to Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Tver. It was interesting and fun. Dmitry recently returned from Kamchatka, where he got acquainted with the nature and traditions of the peoples living there. He has always been very easy going. And at the age of 47, when many men in these years are watching TV!
— For many years he headed the PR department of the Lanit IT company group, later he wrote an application for a transfer to the position of a company manager, as he wanted to work with something new. He lost his salary and agreed to go to another position in order to get to know the product they produce even better.
— I don't know how Dmitry agreed to this tour. Perhaps a daughter or nephew came up with the idea. Dmitry found a company, made sure that there was a trained guide, bought tickets on the official website. My friend is very scrupulous in choosing, he always double-checks. This situation is a real disaster. They went down into the sewer at 2 pm, then the connection abruptly disappeared.
— A few hours before the tragedy, on August 20, Dmitry sent me an SMS with the following content: “Yes, wisely. .. Appreciate what is, every moment of life, because it can be the last! So Dmitry answered me on a video clip with quotes of famous people, which I sent him earlier. I did not notice anything suspicious in this, and these words logically came from the video.
— No, it was their first campaign. Dima never climbed into the dungeons. They were for outdoor activities, but reasonable and safe. Who had the idea to go on this ill-fated excursion, I don't know.