Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule eneminyaka engama-34, uStas Pieha wasinda kwi-microinsm, imbangela yayo kwakuwukusetshenziswa okungenamkhawulo kwezidakamizwa zezokwelapha, utshwala kanye "nazo zonke izinhlobo ezahlukile". Ukuwohloka okubukhali kuHulumeni kwenzeka kuhambo, okwakudingeka kuphazanyiswe ukuthi kusheshe asuse umculi eMoscow. UPieha ukhumbula ukuthi kufanele aqambe amanga phansi endizeni, enomzuzu ngamunye wazizwa embi kakhulu.
Esibhedlela iMetropolitan, ekugcineni umculi wabona ukuthi umlutha wakhe ungambhubhisa ophilisayo wamabutho, wavuma ukuzovuselela kabusha. Inkanyezi yenkanyezi ye-Edita Pieha ixhase kakhulu umzukulu ngaleso sikhathi esinzima, kubandakanya nezinto ezibonakalayo, ngasikhathi sinye waziphatha kanzima. Umculi odumile uthe: noma ubopha ngentshiseko yezemithi, noma usongela ukufa. Njengoba sesivele sazi, uStas Pieha wenza isinqumo esifanele futhi uyaqhubeka nokujabulisa abalandeli ngomsebenzi wabo.