The President's class teacher and the heroine of the "The Fates of Women - the Fate of a United Belarus" project: Tatyana Karpechenko celebrates her 102nd birthday.

Tatyana Karpechenko. News of the topic: Tatyana Nikolaevna Karpechenko, a legendary teacher from Alexandria and former class teacher of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and the subject of the author's journalistic project "The Fates of Women - the Fate of a United Belarus," turned 102 on January 12, BELTA reports. Frosty and sunny weather seemed to be the perfect backdrop for the celebration of such an auspicious date. The gate to the birthday girl's home is never closed: guests arrive throughout the day, both officials and ordinary villagers. The phone never stops ringing, with many people wishing to pay their respects to Tatyana Nikolaevna.
When BELTA asked her the secret to her longevity, she replied: "It has to do with many things in life. I'll tell you from my own experience. You need to lead a healthy lifestyle . Don't get upset over trifles. Live your life calmly. Be at peace with all your family and friends, and they will always come to your aid."

"I'm living a happy life," the birthday girl says. "Of course, the Great Patriotic War was a big challenge in my youth. And the second big challenge was when my husband died and I was left alone. But time heals all things... My son now lives with me, and he helps me a lot. My social worker also helps. I'm having a happy old age. A peaceful one. I wish the same for everyone."
Tatyana Nikolaevna, who worked as a mathematics teacher, noted that many of her relatives' professions are related to mathematics in one way or another, which she especially appreciates. "I have four children (thank God, they're all alive), five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. My eldest son will turn 76 in February. Two grandchildren work in Mogilev. My eldest granddaughter is retiring this year at 53; she lives in Vorkuta. My daughter lives in Moscow, and her sons are programmers. My eldest great-granddaughter has already graduated from college and is in her second year of working as a programmer in Vorkuta. My children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren live in Mogilev, Moscow , Vorkuta, and Spain," she added.
Tatyana Nikolaevna is the subject of Alina Grishkevich's journalistic project "The Fates of Women – the Fate of a United Belarus." The section about the teacher on the BELTA website is called "The Steep Turns of a Woman's Fate. She was born in a taiga village, accidentally stayed in Belarus, and taught the President." "Tatyana Nikolaevna Karpechenko is a resident of the village of Alexandria and a teacher with a capital T. And not only because she was the class teacher of the President of the Republic of Belarus for four years.Alexandra Lukashenko during his school years in Alexandria. The remarkable life of this ordinary woman is filled with events and facts that are akin to a powerful movie plot. Tatyana Nikolaevna was born in a taiga village in the Vologda region (her maternal lineage is from the Shklov district). At the age of 18, during the Great Patriotic War, she began teaching in the Arkhangelsk region and subsequently dedicated her entire life to teaching her favorite subject—mathematics. Her journey as a teacher to Alexandria, her mother's homeland, was a twisted and unpredictable one, a journey she remembers down to the smallest detail. In the project "The Fates of Women – the Fate of a United Belarus" on the BELTA website, Tatyana Nikolaevna recounts the unpredictable twists and turns of fate, unexpected and fateful encounters, the education of her famous student, and the amazing and unforgettable encounters with his mother, a simple village woman who passed on life's values ​​and truths to her son," the project's author explains. "Numerous events and milestones in the history of a country that has seen so many hardships and achievements, courage and patriotism are woven into her life, like ribbons in a beautiful woman's braid. A teacher's life is filled with creation and love; there's no other way. After all, it's important to convey not just knowledge to a young mind, but to ensure that love for one's native land and the desire to create in the name of their homeland deeply imbue the young person's heart. This is a difficult task, one that only those who are passionate about their work and their homeland can master. From the vantage point of a century, Tatyana Nikolaevna reflects on the simple truths of life passed down to her from her grandfathers and great-grandfathers, which she in turn passes on to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The foundation of this unshakable continuity of generations is love for her native land, for the golden ears of grain grown there, for the spring water in her grandfather's well, for the delightful and unforgettable taste of fresh milk milked by a mother's calloused hands, for the cornflower, blue as the peaceful Belarusian sky, as well as the memory of her ancestors and all those who defended their father's hut from a fierce enemy, who fell in unequal battle, and to whose names on the obelisks we come to bow, leading our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren by the hand. "And in this infallible essence of life, there is room only for peace and goodness," Alina Grishkevich explains in the project "The Fates of Women – the Fate of a United Belarus." 
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