Inna Khodorkovskaya is a modern image of a Decembrist wife. She is an example of fortitude and boundless love for her husband. Despite the high-profile hearing of the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his ten-year detention, Inna did not leave her husband, supporting him in every possible way and raising three young children at the same time. Read more about this woman and her life in the article.
Inna's childhood
The future wife of the millionaire Khodorkovsky, Inna Valentinovna, was born in 1969 in Medvedkovo (Moscow). As a child, Inna could not even dream of dressing in expensive boutiques, relaxing at the best resorts and hiding from annoying journalists.
In her youth, Inna Khodorkovskaya lived rather poorly. Together with her mother and older sister, our heroine huddled in a communal apartment. Information about Inna's father is not distributed. She herself admits that she does not remember her father. But she remembers very well how hard it was for her mother to put her daughters on their feet. She was spinning like a squirrel in a wheel so that her beauties did not need anything.
Solife has become a little easier. The family received their own housing in a residential area. Now the girls did not have to share living space with neighbors and wait their turn to take a shower.
But happiness did not last long. When Inna Khodorkovskaya was still at school, she had to endure a strong shock. Her sister died. This was a real shock for our heroine, who lost her closest friend.
Education
There was no one else to hope for. Mother still continued to work and hide from grief at work. And Inna Khodorkovskaya had to grow up early. After graduating from 10 classes of high school in 1986, our heroine entered the Mendeleev Moscow Chemical Technology Institute. The girl decided to study at the evening department in order to be able to work and help her mother. In the same year, she got a job in the Komsomol as an accountant and was engaged in accounting for Komsomol contributions. However, Inna Khodorkovskaya's higher education remained incomplete.
Meet Michael
While working in the Komsomol, our heroine met Mikhail. From now on, the biography of Inna Khodorkovskaya will change dramatically.
A well-known businessman at that time was officially married to his first wife. However, even the birth of their son Gleb did not save their relationship. One day, 23-year-old Mikhail met the young beauty Inna and realized that this girl was his destiny.
Relationships began very quickly. Inna, who did not know her father's love, accepted Mikhail's care with gratitude. As she herself admitted to reporters,Khodorkovsky replaced her father, husband, and sister, who was the same age as Mikhail and passed away at such a young age.
In 1987, Mikhail Khodorkovsky arranged his beloved closer to him - in the Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth. First she was a secretary, then she became the head of the personnel department.
Family
Inna and Khodorkovsky very soon began to live together. Despite such a young age, our heroine was accustomed to work and turned out to be an excellent housewife. It became more and more difficult to combine family life, work and study, and soon our heroine dropped out of college and stopped building a career.
Nevertheless, later she will become an expert in the foreign exchange department of the bank "MENATEP", headed by her husband.
Photos of Inna Khodorkovskaya in the company of Mikhail flooded the press. And the businessman himself did not hide the fact of his divorce. However, he was in no hurry to call his new chosen one down the aisle. The Khodorkovskys officially registered their marriage only after the birth of their daughter Nastya in 1991.
Eight years later, the Khodorkovsky family has almost doubled in size. In 1999, they became the happy parents of twins. The boys were named Ilya and Gleb.
Despite the fact that the Khodorkovskys were very we althy people, they lived in a rented apartment for a long time. And only in 2000 they moved to their own house in Zhukovka, and after a while they became the owners of a mansion in the area of the old Arbat.
Inna Khodorkovskaya's life was like a storyCinderella who met the handsome prince. Mikhail adored his wife, was ready to fulfill her every whim, but in 2003 everything changed.
Husband's arrest
On October 25, 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was charged with gross fraud and tax evasion. The businessman was taken into custody. At the beginning of the next month, he announced that he was leaving the post of chairman of the board of Yukos Oil Company.
Litigation lasted a year and a half and took a lot of strength from the Khodorkovskys. The best lawyers could not achieve an acquittal for the businessman. At the end of May 2005, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to nine years in prison. A month later, this decision was appealed, the term was reduced to eight years in prison.
Inna Khodorkovskaya took this event hard, but behaved very courageously. She left behind three children. Nastya was already quite an adult and perfectly understood what was happening. But the twins were told for a long time that dad was on a business trip. All this time, a devoted wife went to her husband on dates, collecting packages for him. After some time, she arrived not alone, but with her children. It was the most touching moment, the couple admit.
All these ten years, Inna Khodorkovskaya lived in a feeling of fear. The woman was preparing for new shocks, but she understood that the children and the future of the whole family were on her shoulders. This did not allow the fragile Inna to break.
Life after the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
During the time that Mikhail spent behind bars, his eldest son Pavel from his first marriage managed to get married and give birth to a granddaughter to Khodorkovsky. And Inna was finally able to exhale and again become a fragile woman behind a strong man. The kids have grown up.
Today the Khodorkovskys live together in Switzerland. Mikhail continues to manage the investment fund. Together they managed to overcome all difficulties and save love.
