Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lycheva () (born 10 June 1974), also known with her first name abbreviated to Katya (), is a

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-born

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n woman who served as a child "

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" to the

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in 1986. She also acted in a number of Soviet films for children. She was born in

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Goodwill visit to the United States

Lycheva's visit to the United States was a Soviet response to a highly publicised visit to the

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by 11-year-old Maine resident

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in 1983. Together with Star Rowe, an 11-year-old American girl, Lycheva visited cities across the United States, including

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, and

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Lycheva met the mayors of the cities she visited and met with

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in Washington. A book was published about her travels. Two years after her visit, she moved with her mother to Paris, and returned to Russia in 2000. Lycheva has since then lived a reclusive life, creating speculation as to her whereabouts. The Russian television program ''Priyamoj Efir'' attempted unsuccessfully to locate her in September 2016.

Family and lineage

On her mother's side, Katya Lycheva is the great-granddaughter of Maria Ovsyannikova (1904-1985), who was close to

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/ref> She is also the granddaughter of the Soviet film actor Anatoly Ignatiev (1926-1986), who played Soviet WWII hero

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in the same name film.

Film career

Lycheva appeared in five children's films produced in the Soviet Union.

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* 1974 births Living people Russian child actresses Russian film actresses Soviet child actresses Soviet film actresses {{Russia-actor-stub

Goodwill visit to the United States

Family and lineage

Film career

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