Natalia Zakharchenko is the widow of the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko. Thanks to people like her husband, the DPR is gaining an independent life through a large-scale protest movement. She remained a widow, but bravely continues the work of her deceased husband.
Biography
Natalia Zakharchenko was born in the city of Donetsk, where the happy years of her childhood and youth passed. Natasha's family was very simple. My father earned a living by working as a driver, and my mother was engaged in housekeeping. In addition to Natalia, another daughter grew up in the family - Irina, she was the eldest child. The family's life flowed in the usual way on the cozy Batumi street of Donetsk.
Study and work
Natasha received her secondary general education in a regular school number 31. During her school years, subjects were taught in the Ukrainian language. Since childhood, Natalia was very calm and balanced, she could be considered quiet, but in the event of conflict situations, the girl showed strength of character and fiercely defended her innocence. She did not strive to be a leader in the class and the school company, she was self-sufficient.
Parents sent little Natalia to study music in a specialized school, where she acquired the skills to play the accordion. After the girl graduated from the ninth grade of a comprehensive school, the family decided to continue the sisters' studies at the technical school.
Until the fierce hostilities began in Donetsk, the matured girl was engaged in individual entrepreneurship. She kept a food tent near the bus stop. The stall worked around the clock. Natalia formalized her business officially, registering all the necessary documents giving the right to trade in food.
Years of confrontation
When the hostilities took place, Natalya Zakharchenko, of her own free will, helped the wounded soldiers to recover. She expertly performed dressings, although she did not have a specialized medical education. The entire front line knew Natasha as a merciful and kind helper. The DPR fighters treated the presence of the young woman on the front line with great respect and gave her the affectionate and trusting name “mother”.
Natalya oversaw the receipt and distribution of Russian humanitarian aid. She had to organize the work of the trade network of the republican supermarket.
After the tragic death of her husband, she wears mourning in the form of a black kerchief on her head. Despite the great grief that came to her personal life, Natalya Zakharchenko continues to actively deal with the problems of the young republic. She keeps in touch with the fighters and provides them with all possible assistance.
It is known about the personal lives of Natalia and Alexander Zakharchenko that their acquaintance took place even before the military confrontation between Ukraine and the DPR began. In public, a beautiful couple began to appear when the election campaign of Alexander Zakharchenko took place. On May 30, 2015, a happy husband and wife had a son, Alexander.
Thanks to Natalia Zakharchenko's lifestyle, her devotion and loyalty, it becomes clear that even in modern life there are ideals of female nature and patriotism that one wants to imitate.
