Teacher Shows Vanya Dmitrienko's School Notebook and Grades

Vanya Dmitrienko's first teacher shows his school notebook and a note he wrote, recalling him as a creative student who wasn't a straight-A scholar.
Dec 21, 2025
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The photograph displays school artifacts from Vanya Dmitrienko«s early education years.
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Nikita Shaikhutdinov / NGS24.RU

Vanya Dmitrienko«s first teacher saved one of his notebooks and a note he wrote to her. She showed her archive to NGS24.RU correspondents.

Elena Neverko taught Vanya Dmitrienko during his first years of school in Krasnoyarsk.
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Nikita Shaikhutdinov / NGS24.RU

In 2012, Vanya Dmitrienko entered first grade with Elena Neverko. She is an elementary school teacher at School No. 149. The teacher recalls her student warmly and says she saved his notebooks and note.

“Here, I have a notebook saved. You know, everyone asks: «Why is it saved?», I don«t know. I somehow save notebooks for some time, maybe someone will want to take them, because it»s interesting, not everyone keeps them at home,” says the teacher.

Specifically, this notebook is for math tests from the fourth grade, although since elementary school the boy was more drawn to the humanities.

“I would note that Russian language went well for him,” clarifies Elena Yuryevna.

Elena Yuryevna admits that Vanya was not a top student and could well have gotten a C. Among other things, Vanya, like all schoolchildren, could fail to submit homework or otherwise «mess up».

“If there were any violations, so to speak, didn«t do homework or something else, he would somehow joke it off and say: »I«ll catch up on everything, I»ll do everything,« and that»s it. On that, the matter was resolved,” adds the teacher.

A handwritten note from Vanya expresses his enduring memory of his first teacher.
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Nikita Shaikhutdinov / NGS24.RU

Elena Yuryevna couldn«t recall under what circumstances, but she said that he left her a note. In it, he wrote to the teacher that he would »never forget« her.

Recalling how Vanya, when he is in Krasnoyarsk, comes to their school, Elena Yuryevna understands that he hasn«t forgotten her.

Also, the teacher continues, it was always noticeable about Vanya that he was a creative child. From a very young age, Vanya performed not only within the walls of the Palace of Pioneers but also in the assembly hall of his school.

“He has such a sister too, Lera is also very creative. The family is very good, very kind, responsive. Whatever event it was – at the class level or school level, they always participated, never refused, absolutely never. This is a family that couldn«t not participate in such events. This is their family»s forte – creativity,” says the teacher.

Previously, NGS24.RU reported what exactly Vanya Dmitrienko«s teacher from the theater club – Elena Mikhailovna Bedrina – remembers about him. The woman said that he earned his first bout of star sickness even as a child.

In addition, a large feature about the singer«s childhood was published on the NGS24.RU website, who was born in Krasnoyarsk. Correspondents walked around the courtyard where Dmitrienko lived, spoke with his old acquaintance, and even found out what his biological father thinks about his work.

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