In 2025, *Seans* celebrates its 35th anniversary. This album marks the occasion: rather than simply listing biographical facts or achievements, we chose to introduce our readers to the people closest to us—those without whom neither *Seans* nor the *Anton Tut Ryadom* Foundation (founded by *Seans*) could exist.

*Sokrovennye Lyudi* ("People Close to the Heart") is a collection of photographic portraits and short stories featuring 136 individuals—a history told through faces. Among them are the magazine’s subjects and contributors, the Foundation’s staff and friends, and the students and their parents. What unites these people, beyond their connection to *Seans* and *Anton*? They share our ethical code, the first tenet of which states: "A person needs another person."