On January 23, 2016, Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch, a forced emigrant, would have turned 70 years old. This man played a prominent role in the history of Russia in the 90s. On March 3, 2013, this great adventurer and schemer was found hanged in his wife's mansion. Galina Besharova (Boris's second wife), as all Berezovsky's acquaintances say, became the most devoted woman to him, who, even after a high-profile and long divorce process, was able to maintain good relations with him.
She allowed him to live in her house for a while, he hid from annoying journalists and found support after difficult court hearings with Abramovich. Galina Besharova today also continues to live in this country house in the town of Ascot (40 km from London).
Galina Besharova: biography and interesting facts
There is very little biographical information about Besharova. Compared with her first wife, Galina had a number of advantages, shewas a completely unspoiled, pretty person, 12 years younger than Berezovsky. Her father - Tatar Abdulkhay - worked in the ZhEK, and her brother worked as a butcher in a store. Galya herself worked at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. Blagonravova at the rate of laboratory engineer.
Berezovsky met her in a common company in 1981, when he was 35 years old and she was 22 years old. Besharova Galina became for him almost the first lady who reciprocated without any self-interest, and he immediately told her that he loved her and would carry her in his arms all his life. She looked into his mouth, listened with great interest to all his stories, because compared to her father, a plumber and numerous Tatar relatives who worked as porters at the station (kindred hereditary trade), she estimated Berezovsky as a superman.
Wedding
In one of his interviews, he said that he had recently learned that, as it turns out, the Russian language did not have the word "love", it was replaced by the word "regret". So he, apologizing to his women, immediately added that he felt sorry for all of them.
In particular, Galina Besharova gave him this opportunity - "to regret", because she had a separate apartment near the Paveletsky railway station. And they met alternately, first with a friend - Mikhail Denisov, and then with her, where Tatar delicacies, cleanliness and comfort were always waiting for him. He didn't have any problems with money. But he did not like to make sudden movements and lived as he was comfortable, even after the birth of his son with Galina. Although he wrote it down in his last name,but was in no hurry with the official painting. This happened when Artem was 2.5 years old (after a divorce from his wife Nina). And they just came to the registry office, signed and fled, without any restaurant or family dinner, the witness of the groom Samat Zhaboev himself told about this.
Galina Besharova: love for Berezovsky
Berezovsky worked at a research institute as a senior researcher, but he did not have a leadership position. He lacked the confidence and spirit to defend his doctoral dissertation, although for several years he had been collecting material for it.
Galina Besharova - Berezovsky's second wife - gave birth to his son Artem in 1989, and already in 1992 his daughter Anastasia was born. According to Galina, she saw in him a certain mysterious potential, which, if not developed, will wither away. It was Galina who recommended that Boris focus on business rather than science. And when he followed her advice, Galina Besharova became his main assistant and right hand.
Divorce
The first wife did not give him a divorce for a long time, hoping that he would work up and return. In the early 70s, he married a friend of his youth, Nina Korotkova, who gave him two girls, Elizabeth (1971) and Ekaterina (1973).
There was no more love in marriage, they lived only for the sake of children, and then he had nowhere to go. Although he earned good money by Soviet standards, between a teacher and a miner, he could afford a little. He loved women, buthe himself was not handsome, so his love usually remained unrequited, because he could not offer anything special in return.
He was happy with Galina for several years and even defended his dissertation. However, Berezovsky wanted to become rich and literally dreamed of luxurious pitchforks, cars, a beloved woman in diamonds and fur coats.
Contrary to various fears, the divorce from his first wife passed without any scandals and breaking dishes. Berezovsky left Nina an apartment in Moscow on Leninsky Prospekt, and he himself moved to the homeowner in her cozy nest near Poveletsky. However, the ambitious Berezovsky did not like the quiet family comfort. For him, the expression gray hair - in a beard, demon - in a rib was more suitable. When the horizons of fallen we alth opened before him, he was 45 years old.
Rise
In 1990, he got a divorce and after a ten-year wait, he nevertheless married Galina. And then he went into business, so successfully that he even needed a "roof", both in the criminal world and in government government agencies.
Berezovsky quickly realized that power and money are inseparable, and then he set a new goal for himself - power. Metamorphoses began to occur with Boris, which were so obvious that even old friends did not recognize him. Arrogance, intolerance towards the opinions of others and arrogance began to appear in him. On the contrary, he was very kind and quick with the right people.
LogoVAZ
Exactly in 1989 in the year of birthson Artem Berezovsky created the LogoVaz company and began selling VAZ cars. And in the year of his wedding with Galina in 1991, this company of his received the status of an official importer of Mercedes-Benz cars in the USSR. In the same year, Berezovsky became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
It is not for nothing that they say that a woman makes a man, and often this is true. In any case, the presence of Galina next to Berezovsky began to bring him good luck in business. But for a short time he lingered at her feet and very soon set off again in search of his new lover. In 1993, Galina took the children and moved to London. Since then, they have lived separately.
Galina Besharova: photo and the loudest divorce
Boris's friends said that she skinned him like a sticky, and immediately claimed that Galina Besharova - his wife - really had the right to demand such huge sums. He gave his legal wife Galina a mansion with a view of Hyde Park, which, according to experts at that time, was worth $16 million, but Galina was not expecting such compensation. She stated that she claims a quarter of the entire fortune of a billionaire, and his fortune at that time was estimated at 1 billion pounds. And indeed, Berezovsky's freedom was very expensive, various publications name the amount from 100 to 220 million pounds sterling, which Galina Besharova (Berezovsky's wife) received.
One of the British tabloids pointed out that, perhaps, their separation happened because of his relationship with 21-year-old Elena Gorbunova, later she became his third wife, but not official. Their romance lasted as long as 20 years, and began like in a good movie: he stole a beautiful model appearance from his friend and took her to Italy. She gave him a daughter, Arisha, in 1996, and a son, Gleb, in 1997.
Conclusion
Towards the end of his life, after several lost trials, his fortune had dwindled considerably. He was heavily in debt, fired nearly all of his guards and assistants, put several luxury mansions up for sale, and sold off some of his antiques.
As of September 2013, Boris Berezovsky was bankrupt, the amount of his debt was $309 million.
Boris Berezovsky was a player in life, he skillfully manipulated people, framed friends and betrayed his beloved women, sometimes he was lucky, as he managed to get out of the water dry. But one day the program failed and the eternal winner left life defeated.
His body is buried in the UK at Europe's largest cemetery in Brookwood, Surrey. He was baptized after the first attempt on his life in 1994. However, representatives of the Orthodox Church refused to bury the suicide, but the funeral nevertheless took place in the cemetery chapel by the clergy of the non-canonical Orthodox Brotherhood of St. Edward.
And Galina Besharova, according to her friends, unlike her late ex-husband, leads a rather modest life, does not overspend, does not buy expensive things, goes grocery shopping herself and everything that interests her in this life, are her children.
