Sergei Sobyanin is a Russian politician and mayor of the city of Moscow since 2010. From 1986 to 2014 he was married to Sobyanina Irina Iosifovna. Two daughters were born from this marriage: Anna, born in 1986, and Olga, born in 1997.
History of life together
Irina Iosifovna Sobyanina was born in 1961 in Tyumen and is three years younger than her ex-husband. Maiden name - Rubinchik. As a child, she studied at an ordinary Tyumen school. According to the recollections of classmates, she was an excellent student and an example for all her peers. Her photo did not leave the honor roll. Ira was a bright, creative and expressive person, she participated in amateur performances, the Timurov movement, collection of waste paper.
Has a higher education with a degree in civil engineer. After graduation from the university, she was assigned to Kogalym in the local construction department. One of Irina's friends at work was Lyudmila, Sobyanin's older sister. She introduced Irina to her future husband Sergei Sobyanin, who in those years served as deputy chairman of the village of Kogalym.
The wedding took place on February 23, 1986 after a six-month period of romantic relationship. But before the wedding of Sergei and Irina, a test still awaited. The fact is that shortly before the wedding in Kogalym, an accident occurred in the heating system, due to which part of the village was left without heat. To eliminate it as soon as possible, Sergei worked day and night. And the preparation for the wedding fell on the shoulders of the future bride.
In the same 1986, Sergei's first daughter, Anya, was born to Sergei from Irina.
Subsequently, together with her husband, she moved to Moscow, where she has lived until now. In 2004-2005, she worked as a collage and floristry teacher at the Child Development Center in Tyumen. In 2011, she raised children in one of the capital's kindergartens.
According to information from local Tyumen newspapers, even before moving to Moscow, the life of the Sobyanins' spouses was not very smooth. Due to the dissimilarity of characters, they constantly converged, then diverged. However, no rumors about the adultery of one of them were leaked to the press.
One of the reasons for the spouses' constant grievances and claims to each other is Sergey's difficult work, constantly associated with traveling around the country. According to his wife, he even on vacation tried to solve some problems and was eager to go to work.
Irina and Sergey finally divorced in 2014. According to the mayor of Moscow, the reason for the divorce is that they have long ceased to live as a full-fledged family, exist separately from each other and meet only on holidays.
Sergei Sobyanin has been fond of fishing, hunting, tennis, music and literature all his life. Irina - collecting ceramics.
According to one information, after the divorce, Irina Sobyanina went to live abroad. On the other - to his hometown of Tyumen.
After the divorce, the wife was able to maintain friendly relations with the children and with each other. They meet regularly with their children, help them, support them in their endeavors.
Sobyanin's daughters
The eldest daughter of the mayor of Moscow, Anna Sergeevna, attended the elite gymnasium of Khanty-Mansiysk as a child. In parallel with her studies, she attended a children's art school in this city. In 2003 she entered the Faculty of Monumental Art at the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Industry in St. Petersburg, which she graduated in 2009 with a degree in interior design. Develops designs of apartments and entertainment venues. Resides in St. Petersburg, married to Alexander Ershov.
The youngest daughter Olga Sergeevna was born in 1997. She studied at one of the ordinary capital schools. He is fond of sports, drawing and music.
Curious facts of family life
According to unconfirmed information, Sobyanin's ex-wife is far from a poor woman. In her personal property is the tile factory and the firm "Aerodrodstroy", located in Tyumen and "famous" for the fact that they laid the whole of Tyumen with asphalt and expensive granite curbs. For which she received the nickname Irina-Bordyur among the people.
Many are sure that Sergei Sobyanin owes his career to his wife. The fact is that Irina Rubinchik comes from a wealthy and influential family in Tyumen. Her cousin is the former mayor of Kogalym, the former minister of fuel and energy of the Russian Federation, Alexander Gavrin.
One of the most expensive underground passages was built in Tyumen. According to experts, its cost ranges from 500 million to 1 billion rubles. And all due to the fact that this passage is entirely lined with granite.
These rumors have not been confirmed by anything, Sergei and Irina refute them, and according to the official income statement of 2009, the ex-wife receives a little more than 20 thousand rubles a month. According to the declaration of 2013 - 42 thousand.
According to other unconfirmed information, the deputy chairman of the Tyumen administration, Anastasia Rakova, is also Sobyanin's mistress. In 2010, this lady gave birth to a child. There are rumors that Sobyanin himself is the father of the child.
Soon after the birth of the child, Irina was forced to leave Russia for a while until these rumors settled down. In 2017, she returned from abroad, and is again the right hand of Sergei Sobyanin and has grown to the post of deputy mayor of Moscow.
In 2010, a scandal erupted around the name of Sobyanin's youngest daughter. The journalists learned that an elite apartment with an area of 308 square meters within walking distance from the White House was registered in her name. The scandal was resolved as soon as possible.
In 2013, Sobyanin's eldest daughter Anna got into the center of the scandal. According to Navalny, the company in which Olga Sergeevna works, unexpectedly for everyone, received an order for the repair and supply of furniture for the meeting room of the President of Russia. Moreover, she received it not by tender, as required by law, but through subcontracting.