Irina Iosifovna Sobyanina is the ex-wife of Sergei Sobyanin, the current mayor of Moscow. Having been married for 28 years, the couple announced their divorce in February 2014. Irina Iosifovna leads a rather closed lifestyle, so there is very little information about her in the press.
Acquaintance in Kogalym
Despite the fact that the marriage between the spouses is officially dissolved, Irina can be called without exaggeration the main woman in the fate of Sergei. After all, it was she who gave Sobyanin two daughters: Olga and Anna. And recently, the former spouses had another weighty reason for meeting and communicating - the birth of Seryozha's grandson.
Irina Iosifovna was born in Tyumen on November 19, 1961, her maiden name is Rubinchik. She studied at high school number 8. According to the recollections of classmates, Irina was an excellent student, she was constantly set as an example to other children. A photograph of the girl hung on the honor board. Like many children of those years, she participated in amateur art shows, the Timurov movement and the collection of waste paper.
After leaving school, Irina entered the university, and after 5 years she received a diploma in civil engineering. According to the distribution, the girl left for Kogalym - a small town in the north of the Tyumen region. It was there that the fateful meeting took place with Sergei Sobyanin, who at that time was just beginning to build his career. The lovers married on February 23, 1986, and in October of the same year, their daughter Olya was born. Ironically, the Sobyanins' marriage was dissolved on the eve of the next wedding anniversary - February 21, 2014.
First lady of the Tyumen region
On duty, Sergei Sobyanin began working in Tyumen, and his family followed him to this large Siberian city. On the official website of Sergei, the Tyumen stage of life is designated 1993-2005. For Irina Iosifovna, these years were marked not only by the rapid career rise of her husband, but also by the birth of her second daughter (Anya was born in June 1997).
A significant milestone in the family was in 2001, when, following the elections on January 14, Sergei Sobyanin was elected head of the Tyumen region. At that time, the attention of many Siberians was riveted to Irina, because they were interested to know what their first lady was doing. In 2004-2005. Irina Iosifovna taught the art of collage and floristry in one of the children's creative centers. On the website of the weekly federal newspaper, you can find interviews of those years, in which teachers from the music school speak warmly about the head's wife and their eldest daughter Olya. The girl diligently studied music, and her mother brought her to classes, and not nannies, as was customary in the families of high-ranking officials.
However, it was not without scandals. At one time, information was actively discussed that during the years of her husband's mayorship, Irina was listed as the owner of the road-building company "Aerodromdorstroy", which installed fabulously expensive marble curbs in Tyumen. Say, it was not for nothing that the orders for the execution of these works were given to her firm. In 2011, in an interview for the Izvestia newspaper, Sobyanin himself said that his wife worked as a kindergarten teacher and had nothing to do with business.
Another reason for backbiting was the topic associated with Irina Iosifovna's cousin Alexander Gavrin, who at that time was the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia. Allegedly, it was he who contributed to such a rapid career of Sergei Sobyanin. It is worth noting that all this information has remained at the level of rumors and speculation.
Divorce by mutual consent
At the beginning of 2014, Sergei Sobyanin rather succinctly told the press about his divorce. There were no official comments from the ex-wife. The divorce of the couple, who had been married for almost 30 years, gave rise to many rumors. According to information that was never confirmed, the reason for the divorce was Sobyanin's office romance - allegedly this relationship with a young employee began in Tyumen, and then he transported the passion with him to the capital. There were rumors about children born to a young official. But all the discussions remained rumors, their official confirmation was not followed. Especially it is worth noting the endurance of Irina Iosifovna in this situation: the woman did not give a single reason for gossip.
Since Irina Sobyanina avoids close attention to her person from the press, there are very few photos of her on the network. The two most cited photos of her by search engines are a photograph from the wedding of her eldest daughter and a photo taken during the grand opening of the Bolshoi Theater after reconstruction. It is noteworthy that in both photos Irina is dressed in red outfits. Such a rich color only emphasizes its natural beauty. Another accessory that shapes Irina Sobyanina's style is glasses in massive black plastic frames.
After the divorce, Irina Iosifovna began to appear even less often in public, but there is information that she still lives in the capital.
