On the eve of International Women's Day and the anniversary of the start of a full-scale war International Expert Club and rating agency EliteExpert in cooperation with experts in the field of social and cultural life presented their new project - "Women who inspire". It collects the stories of 40 Ukrainian women who help their husbands to develop and change Ukraine.
The well-known saying that behind every great man is a great woman took on a new meaning in 2022, when millions of Ukrainian women were simultaneously burdened by the terrible war that our country had not seen for 80 years.
This year has become a real test for tens of millions of people - but despite all the troubles, the separation and breakup of families, the extremely difficult conditions for business and the collapse of the economy, the values characteristic of the Ukrainian people - loyalty, tenacity and courage - have become even brighter and stronger.
The ElitExpert rating agency collected the stories of forty women who inspire their husbands to achieve great things for our country. Each of them has one that gives meaning to life and creates a special atmosphere in which a man becomes successful.
At the same time, many heroines of our ranking are in the shadow of their husbands and were not known to the general public.
By the way, you should not be surprised to see the names of star women in the list. The fact is that even the most famous Ukrainian woman is someone's wife, and sometimes it happens that her husband is no less famous and successful. Therefore, we also decided to include such couples in our rating.
And the most important thing. We did not rank women according to the degree of their inspiration to their husbands, this is, of course, impossible. They limited themselves only to the spheres of their activity. With one single exception, all the experts, indisputably and unanimously, put first the collective image of a Ukrainian woman who is waiting from the front for a loved one - a husband, fiance, son or father.
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The impact of women supporting their husbands on the front lines cannot be measured in words. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who are now fighting at the front live, fight and even die primarily for their families.
Each of the warriors, from a simple soldier to a general, fights for his wife, for his mother, for his bride, for his daughter - to save them, to protect them from death and destruction, to give them a future. Even in the most difficult moments of battle, men know that they simply have to return to their women. Come back alive.
And this silent feat of millions of Ukrainian women who, despite the rivers of tears shed and hundreds of sleepless nights, continue to inspire our men to victory - can never be forgotten.
ON THE OLYMPUS OF POWER
Olena Zelenska
First Lady of Ukraine
The husband is the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
She was born on February 6, 1978 in Kryvyi Rih.
Olena is an architect by education - she graduated from the construction faculty of the Kryvyi Rih National University, but she never worked as a professional, becoming a screenwriter for "Kvartal-95" since its inception.
Before the 2019 presidential elections, Olena was not in the public eye, but now she has become one of the symbols of resistance to Russian aggression, an example of the resilience and courage of Ukrainian women.
They studied with their future husband in parallel classes of Kryvyi Rih Gymnasium No. 95, but they started communicating much later, during their student years.
The couple dated for 8 years before tying the knot in 2003. Currently, the couple, who have lived together for 27 years, are raising two children: Oleksandra (born in 2004) and Kyril (born in 2013).
Kim Yulia
The man is the head of the Mykolaiv military administration Vitaliy Kim, who became one of the main speakers of the war and sex symbols of the present time.
She was born in 1988
Julia is a non-public person, so there is no information about her biography in open sources.
It is only known that the couple has been together for more than 10 years. Together with her husband, they are raising three children: two daughters - Yevgeny and Oleksandr, as well as a son Ruslan.
From the first days of the full-scale war, when the Russian troops approached Mykolaiv, and the fighting was already on the outskirts of the city, Yulia Kim and her children went to a safe place. And only at the end of 2022, when Kherson was liberated, and the threat of capturing Mykolaiv was removed, the family was finally reunited. Yulia returned to Mykolaiv with her children.
Kinakh Marina
PR manager, Honored Journalist of Ukraine.
The husband is ex-prime minister, president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Anatoly Kinakh.
She was born in 1960.
She graduated from the Kyiv Automobile and Road Institute with a red diploma, in Soviet times she worked at a research institute, after 1991 she went into journalism.
Marina met her husband in 1996, right at the workplace. Anatoly Kinakh was elected president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, where Marina already worked in the press service. Already in a year, they signed, and in 2022 they celebrated the 25th anniversary of their life together. The Kinakh family has three children - two older daughters from Marina's first marriage - Nataliya (born in 1980) and Zoya (born in 1984), as well as a common daughter, Sofia (born in 2000). In addition, they already have four grandchildren - Masha, Evgenia, Mykhailo and Veniamin.
Kateryna Kit-Sadova
Co-owner of the largest media holding in Western Ukraine, TRC "Lux" (radio stations "Radio Maximum", "Nostalgie", "Lux FM", online publication "Zaxisd.net", "Football 24", TV channel "24" and advertising agency "Lux" ).
The husband is the head of the "Samopomich" party, the mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy.
She was born on September 30, 1974 in Kalusha.
Graduated from the Lviv Academy of Arts. He is an art critic by education.
Kateryna met her future husband in 1995, as a student. The couple met for six years and only in 2001 the relationship was formalized.
Currently, the couple is raising five sons: Ivan-Pavla (born in 2002), Faddey-Luka (born in 2004), Mykhailo (born in 2006), Yosyp (born in 2008) and Antonia ( 2011)
According to numerous ratings, she is recognized as one of the most influential and richest business women of Western Ukraine.
Poroshenko Marina
Ex-first lady of Ukraine, director of Petro Poroshenko's BF, deputy of the Kyiv City Council.
The husband is the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.
She was born on February 1, 1962 in Kyiv.
Graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute. Candidate of Medical Sciences, author of the first dissertation in independent Ukraine.
Marina met Petro Poroshenko, an 18-year-old freshman at Kyiv State University, during her studies, when she was already graduating from the university. A year later, in 1984, they got married, and a year later their firstborn was born, after which Marina left her job and devoted herself completely to her family.
The couple has a total of four children: the eldest son - Oleksiy (born in 1985), daughters - twins Yevgeny and Oleksandr (born in 2000), the youngest son - Mykhailo (born in 2001). Two grandchildren — Petro (born in 2014) and Elizaveta (born in 2016).
Favorite activities are sewing, knitting and cooking.
Fedorova Anastasia
Founder of women's clothing brand COVER Apparel.
The husband is Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
She was born in Zaporizhzhia.
She graduated from the department of foreign philology of the Zaporizhia National University, but did not work in the field.
Anastasia met her future husband in 2014, and a year later they officially signed. The couple is raising their only daughter, Marusya (born in 2017).
According to Anastasia, "my husband is one of those who show society what a politician of the XNUMXst century should look like in the heart of Europe, and my goal is to show by my example how simple and open the wife of a modern politician can be."
Filatova Marina
Entrepreneur, athlete, head of the Dnipro Athletics Federation.
The husband is the mayor of Dnipro, Boris Filatov.
Born on July 10, 1973.
She graduated from the history faculty of Dnipropetrovsk State University.
Marina met her future husband in the student camp in 1990. Three years later, in 1993, they got married, and in 1994 their only daughter, Kateryna, was born.
It is noteworthy that Maryna Filatova's hobby is by no means feminine. She is a professional climber who has conquered many peaks of the world. For example, in 2020 - the highest point of the Andes, Mount Aconcagua, and in early 2022 - the highest point of Antarctica, Vinson Peak (~5000 meters).
RELIABLE REAR
Anastasia Arestovych
Development director of one of the Kyiv publishing houses.
The husband is a former adviser to the Office of the President Oleksiy Arestovych, until recently one of the main speakers during the war.
She was born on April 14, 1987 in Kyiv.
Anastasia graduated from KROC Kyiv University with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in project management.
She met her husband when she attended a psychology course at the author's school of Oleksiy. The couple has been together for 8 years. The couple is raising a common son, 6-year-old Oleksandr.
For Anastasia, this is the first marriage, for Oleksiy, who has two older daughters - Veronika and Aelita - already the third.
Currently, Anastasia manages the Space Love Community, which, as the project description says, "helps people on the path of self-development and acquiring their true state."
Marianna Budanova
Advisor to the mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klychka, on the prevention of corruption in the field of youth policy and sports.
The man is the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense Kyrylo Budanov.
She was born in 1993 in the Kyiv region.
Marianna is a psychologist by education. She met her future husband before the start of Euromaidan in 2013.
After the start of the anti-terrorist operation, her husband's participation in hostilities in Donbas and his numerous injuries, she volunteered for several years at the Main Military Hospital in Kyiv, although she had no prior medical experience.
In 2020, she unsuccessfully ran for Kyiv City Council.
The couple has no children yet.
Zeluzhna Olena
The man is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny.
She was born in 1976.
In connection with her husband's position, there is little information about her in open sources. It is known that she is a financier, works at Ukrgasbank, and the couple has been together for more than 20 years. Before the war, my husband and I often went hiking in Ukraine. The couple has two daughters from their previous marriages, Khrystyna and Arina, and there are no children together. The older one followed in her parents' footsteps and became a soldier, at the beginning of the war she served in the Kyiv garrison. The younger woman graduated from Odesa Medical University and works as a doctor.
Zorii Yulia
TV presenter on the ICTV channel.
The husband is the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
She was born in 1986.
She graduated from Chernivtsi National University named after Yu. Fedkovycha, graduate political scientist.
Oleksia Reznikova became her life partner in 2017, but the official marriage was formalized only in June 2020.
Despite the 22-year age difference, the couple is happy. According to Yulia, she would still marry a man like Oleksii, even with a difference of 40 or 50 years.
The couple has no children together, but there is a stepson and a stepdaughter - Reznikov's children from his first marriage.
Kateryna Prokopenko
Volunteer, public activist.
The man is a Hero of Ukraine, commander of the "Azov" regiment Denys Prokopenko.
She was born in 1995 in Kyiv.
Before the start of the full-scale war, she worked as an illustrator (creative pseudonym - "The Horned Goat") in various projects, including in the "Silpo" retail network, after which she went into volunteering. He is fond of mountain tourism.
She met her husband in 2015 on social networks. The couple met for four years, and in 2019 they officially broke up. They currently have no children.
Kateryna became famous all over the world, leading the campaign to free her husband and other defenders of "Azovstal" from Russian captivity, even reaching the heart of the Pope, who received her in the Vatican.
FEMALE PARTNERS
Liliya Akhmetova
Chairman of the audit commission of SCM CJSC.
The husband is the richest citizen of Ukraine, politician and industrialist Rinat Akhmetov.
She was born in 1965 in Donetsk.
Until recently, Lilia played a significant role in her husband's business, while being an extremely closed person. For example, it is impossible to find photos from the last 15 years in the media.
Liliya Akhmetova never gave a single interview in her entire life and appeared only a few times at public events in the company of her husband. There is no information about the family, childhood and youth of the "first lady of SCM".
It is only known that Rinat and Lilia met in one of the youth companies in the mid-1980s. The couple tied the knot later in 1987; in this way, their union has lasted for 35 years.
The couple has two children. The first son, Damir, was born in 1988, the second, Almir, in 1997.
Verevska Tetiana
Head of BF "Vere", which helps young musicians.
The husband is Andriy Verevskyi, the largest agribusinessman of Ukraine.
She was born on April 11, 1972
Tatiana is the most non-public person. and very little is known about her life. Before marriage, she was the head of a PR agency.
Tatiana and her children spend most of the year not in Ukraine, but in their house on the shores of Lake Geneva.
The couple has three children: sons Artem and Mark and daughter Sasha Verevski.
Gerega Galina
Co-owner of the chain of construction hypermarkets "Epicentr".
The husband is People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksandr Gerega, founder of the "Epicentr" chain of stores.
She was born on August 9, 1959 in Lviv Oblast.
In 1978, she graduated from the Lviv Cooperative Technical School. In 1983, the Technological Faculty of the Kyiv Trade and Economic Institute.
Deputy of the Kyiv City Council of the 2012th and 2014th convocations. From July XNUMX to June XNUMX, she was acting Mayor of Kyiv.
The couple has been together since the end of the 1980s. A son, Taras, and a daughter, Victoria, were born in the marriage.
At the same time, Oleksandr and Halyna Geregy are perhaps the most closed family among Ukrainian politicians and businessmen. They rarely give interviews and make great efforts to minimize the leakage of any information about their personal lives.
Nikonova Ivanna
The founder and head of a private educational institution - the Academy of Modern Education.
The man is the owner of the largest construction holding in Kyiv "K.A.M. Development", ex-first deputy head of KMDA Ihor Nikonov.
She was born in 1972.
Ivanna met her husband more than 20 years ago. "Courtship followed a well-established scheme: champagne, candles, grand piano, oranges. It worked," she admits.
However, the couple gained popularity by becoming real record holders for the number of children. The couple has ten children. Six of them are common: twins Olya and Anya, born in 2003, Arina (2006), Oleksandr (2009), George (2013) and Alisa, born in 2014.
Pavlova Olga
Co-owner of the investment and construction company Kadorr Group.
The husband is the head of the KADORR Group corporation and the largest investor in the south of Ukraine, Adnan Kivan
The future couple met during their student years, while studying at the Odessa Academy of Food Technologies. Since that time, for more than 35 years, the couple has been inseparable.
As Adnan Kivan admits, "my wife and I are one. We are together 24 hours a day, wherever we go, wherever we are and whatever we do."
Olga is not just the second half and reliable friend of her husband, but also a full-fledged business partner. She owns 50% of the company's assets and no decision is made without taking her opinion into account.
The couple has three children - daughters Diana and Ruzanna, son Ruslan.
Julia Astakhova
The husband is the "alcohol king" of Ukraine, the head of the "Global Spirits" alcohol holding Yevhen Chernyak.
Evgeny Chernyak's wife is not a public figure and very little is known about her.
Olena Pinchuk
Head of the Supervisory Board of the media holding StarLightMedia. Head of the ANTIAIDS Foundation.
Her husband is billionaire and philanthropist Viktor Pinchuk.
She was born on December 3, 1970 in Dnipropetrovsk.
Olena is the only daughter of the second president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma. She graduated from Dnipropetrovsk University with a degree in "Economics and Sociology".
For many years, she worked as the marketing director of Kyivstar.
In 2003, Olena founded the "AntiAIDS" foundation, the only private organization in Ukraine to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The foundation is widely known for its awareness campaigns and the involvement of international stars such as Bill Clinton, Elton John and Queen.
Since 2002, for 21 years, Olena has been married to Viktor Pinchuk. According to Elena, it was not love at first sight, but later she was conquered by the intelligence of her future husband, combined with the care and attention he gave her from the very first day of acquaintance.
Two daughters were born in the marriage: Kateryna (2003) and Veronika (2011). He has a son Roman (born in 1991) from his first marriage.
For many years, experts included Olena Pinchuk among the most influential women of Ukraine.
Stavnitzer Diana
Owner of Apt13 concept store and Vintage Charity Market.
The husband is a co-owner of the private port "TIS" and the Neptune grain terminal, founder of the SD Capital investment company Andriy Stavnitser.
She was born in Kharkiv.
She graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of Kharkiv National University. Engaged in entrepreneurship and charity.
They met their future husband in their youth. The couple has been together for almost a quarter of a century, being one of the strongest unions of the Odessa establishment.
Together with her husband, they raise four children: the eldest son David is 23 years old, the twins Michel and Stefania are 13 each, and the youngest Vivian is ten years old.
WOMEN-MUSE
Babkina Snizhana
Dancer, actress.
Husband - musician and actor Serhiy Babkin.
Born on July 8, 1985 in Kharkiv.
She graduated from the Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television. Then she returned to Kharkiv and worked in Kharkiv's "Theatre 19", without stopping her dance classes.
Snizhana met Serhii in her native Kharkiv, during one of the rehearsals of her theater.
The couple has been together since 2007, and officially formalized their relationship in March 2009. Since then, the couple almost always appears in public only together. According to Snizhana, family is the most important thing in life for them, especially since the couple is raising three children - daughter Veselin, sons Artur and Elisey. In addition, her husband has a son, Ilya (from his first marriage).
Inessa Balenko (Asia Ahat)
A violinist with a world name. Honored Artist of Ukraine (2016).
The husband is Ihor Balenko, deputy of the Kyiv City Council, owner of the supermarket chain "Furshet".
She was born in Kyiv in 1965.
She graduated from the music college named after Glier and the National Academy of Music in the violin class. Asia Ahat's single If Only Tonight became an international hit that brought her worldwide fame.
Asya met her husband on the street. He was driving a car, and she jumped out in front of him on the road, holding a violin in her hands. From that moment on, the couple was never separated for more than a few days.
They officially registered their relationship in December 2000 in the Dominican Republic, where Asia performed a concert.
The couple is raising a common son, Philip (born in 2003). Asia also has a son from her first marriage, Danylo.
Batsman Olesya
Journalist, editor-in-chief of the online publication "Gordon".
The husband is journalist and TV presenter Dmytro Gordon.
She was born on October 3, 1984 in Kharkiv.
In 2007, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Kharkiv National University named after V. Karazina with a red diploma, after which she worked in a number of Kharkiv mass media.
She met her future husband in her fourth year of university, when she came to Kyiv to interview him. After that, he offered her a job in his holding, but Olesya agreed to it only after the marriage, which took place in 2011.
The couple has three children together: Santa (born in 2012), Alice (born in 2016), Liana (born in 2019). Meanwhile, her husband has four more children from previous marriages.
Vasina Zinaida
Art connoisseur, artist-ethnographer.
The husband is the most expensive artist of Ukraine, Anatoly Kryvolap.
She was born on August 4, 1950 in Kyiv.
She graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute. She worked as a production designer in a variety and circus school, designed musicals in various European countries. Author of the well-known book "Chronicles of Ukrainian Dress".
She has been married to her husband for more than 45 years, and for most of that time, the couple lived a little. Everything has changed since the early 2000s, when her husband became an international auction sensation. Only in the last five years, her husband's canvases were sold for a total of almost a million dollars.
Their daughter Hanna Kryvolap also became an artist, continuing the family dynasty.
Efrosinina Maria
TV presenter, public figure.
The man is the head of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, Timur Khromaev.
She was born on May 25, 1979 in Kerch.
She graduated from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, faculty of foreign languages (specialty: translator from English and Spanish). He knows a total of five languages.
Maria takes an active part in helping sick children and specialized medical institutions. Since 2018, he has been an Honorary Ambassador of the UN Foundation in the field of population.
Maria met her husband while walking along the Yalta embankment. She was 22 years old - and since then the couple has been together for the same amount of time. The couple is raising two children — Nana (born in 2004) and Oleksandr (born in 2014).
Zakhur Natalia (Kamaliya)
Singer, actress, model. Honored Artist of Ukraine.
The husband is Mohammad Zahur, British-Ukrainian billionaire, owner of ISTIL Group, philanthropist, philanthropist.
She was born on May 18, 1977.
Kamalia met her future husband in 2003 during her concert. Already four days after meeting, the businessman told Kamalia that he wanted to be together, and in two months the couple got married. This year, the couple will celebrate their 20th anniversary.
"When I first saw him, I felt like he was glowing. Later, he admitted to me that he felt similar feelings," says Kamaliya.
In 2011, they founded the annual music award YUNA (Yearly Ukrainian National Awards), which is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Ukraine in the field of musical art.
The couple is raising twin daughters — Mirabella and Arabella, who were born in 2013.
Anastasia Kamensky
Singer, actress, TV presenter.
The husband is producer, singer and showman Oleksiy Potapenko (Potap).
She was born on May 4, 1987 in Kyiv.
She started her career as a singer at the age of 17, performing at the Black Sea Games festival in 2004. In 2006, together with Oleksiy Potapenko, she founded the duet "Potap and Nastya". The musicians were always in the spotlight and fans always considered them a couple, but in fact it happened only after the breakup of the group and Potap's divorce from his first wife.
The couple officially got married in May 2019. They have no children together, the husband has an older son Andriy (born in 2008).
Kovtun Darya
Her husband is Yevhen Khmara, a virtuoso pianist and winner of the Hollywood Prize for Improvisers.
She was born on March 15, 1991.
Graduated from Kyiv National University of Economics. She gained popularity by becoming a finalist of the "X-Factor" show. Performs under the stage name Odara.
Darya knew her future husband since childhood. They grew up in the same yard, went to the same music school. Before she and Eugene became a couple, there was competition between them. However, as a result, common interests brought young people together, and in 2016 they officially legalized their relationship.
Daryna and Yevhen are parents of many children, raising a son, Mykola (born in 2017), a daughter, Vira (born in 2019), and a son, Ilya, who was born in the military year of 2022.
Iryna Kunitsyna
Executive Director of the Serhiy Zhadan Charitable Foundation.
The man is Serhiy Zhadan, one of the most famous Ukrainian writers.
She was born in 1981.
Iryna is a private person and little is known about her life. According to her husband, she worked at the Kharkiv publishing house "Folio", where they met.
"I came to the editorial office and saw the most beautiful girl in the editorial department," he recalled.
The couple has been together since 2008 and has a 10-year-old daughter, Maria.
With the beginning of a full-scale war in Iryna, the head of the Charitable Fund, Serhii Zhadan, had more work. If earlier the foundation was focused on the humanitarian component — support of libraries and commitment to children's love of reading, now the foundation's volunteers have switched to helping military personnel and displaced persons.
Antonina Matvienko
Singer and actress, Honored Artist of Ukraine.
The husband is a singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine Arsen Mirzoyan.
Tonya is the daughter of the legendary singer Nina Matvienko, and this left an impression on her choice of profession. She graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Culture and Arts (faculty of folk singing) and followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a finalist of the first "Voice of the Country" in 2011.
They met their husband for several years, but only a year after the birth of their daughter Nina, in 2017, the couple decided to break up.
The war made its adjustments - Nina has been evacuated to Great Britain for a year, and her husband is waiting for her at home.
Kateryna Osadcha
Journalist, TV presenter and model.
The husband is showman, actor and producer Yuriy Gorbunov.
She was born on September 12, 1983 in Kyiv.
She started her professional career as a model in Western Europe at the age of thirteen, and returned to Ukraine at the age of 18. She graduated from the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.
Since 2007, she has been the constant presenter of the "Worldly Life" program and one of the main personalities of the "1+1" TV channel.
In 2017, she married Yuriy Gorbunov, her colleague from the television department, whom she had known for more than 10 years at that time. In the same year, the couple had a son, Ivan. In August 2021, Danylo's second son was born. Kateryna also has an adult son Ilya (born in 2002) from her first marriage.
Sopelnyk Kateryna
Product manager of the "Crazy" comedy show.
The husband is a showman, producer, volunteer and politician Serhii Prytula.
She was born on January 13, 1985 in Donetsk.
She received her higher education at the Donetsk National University, but did not work in her specialty, having gone to television.
Serhii Prytula and Kateryna Sopelnyk met on the set of the film in 2014, and at first their relationship was purely working. However, the couple broke up within a year.
Two daughters were born to the couple — Solomia (2017) and Stefania (2021). In addition, the family also includes Prytula's eldest son from her first marriage, Andriy.
Sumy Natalia
People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize
The husband is a theater and film actor, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Anatoliy Hostikoev.
She was born on April 22, 1956 in the Kyiv region.
She graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Theater Arts named after I. Karpenko-Karyo. From 1977 until today, Natalia Sumska has been an actress of the National Academic Theater named after Ivan Franko.
Natalia is a bright representative of the acting dynasty, her father and mother were People's Artists of Ukraine. Her younger sister Olga Sumska became a famous actress.
With her marriage, Natalya only strengthened this tradition - both she and her husband Anatoly, independently of each other, became laureates of the National Award named after T. Shevchenko for his theatrical works. This is the highest state award of Ukraine in the field of culture and art.
Despite the popular opinion that actors' marriages are fragile, the couple has been together for 27 years. They raised a common son, Vyacheslav (born in 1996), now a successful young actor. In addition, Natalia has an older daughter, Daryna, also an actress.
Poplar Elena (Alyosha)
Singer and composer.
The man is the leader of the band "Antitila", Taras Topolya, the youth ambassador of UNICEF in Ukraine.
She was born on May 14, 1986 in Zaporizhzhia.
She graduated from the department of pop vocals at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
The couple, who are called one of the strongest families in Ukrainian show business, have been together for 13 years, since 2011. Despite the fact that the spouses are working artists, they easily combine creativity and raising children, of whom the couple has three. Two sons - Roman and Mark, and daughter Maria.
ON THE WAY TO THE HEIGHTS
Beh-Romanchuk Marina
Athlete, champion of Ukraine and the world in athletics.
The husband is a famous Ukrainian swimmer, winner of two Olympic medals Mykhailo Romanchuk.
Born on July 18, 1995.
Maryna Beh started playing sports in early childhood, realizing that her vocation was long jump. She made her debut in international athletics at the age of sixteen, in 2011, followed by numerous victories at the World Championships and participation in the Olympic Games.
She met her future husband in the same 2011 at the Youth Olympic Festival, and the friendship turned into a relationship only in 2016, during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The wedding of two athletes took place in September 2018.
Now Maryna and Mykhailo are called the most beautiful sports married couple of Ukraine.
The couple has no children yet.
Pazik Kristen
American model.
The husband is the legendary Ukrainian football player and coach Andriy Shevchenko.
She was born on August 11, 1978 in Minneapolis (USA).
They met at one of the parties for Milan players. At that time, the beautiful Kristen was a friend of the son of the owner of the club Silvio Berlusconi - Pier Silvio. However, soon their relationship ended, and an affair began between Kristen and Andrii.
Their wedding took place on July 14, 2004 in Washington, where Shevchenko was on vacation. Now the couple has four sons: Jordan (2004), Christian (2006), Alexander (2012) and Ryder-Gabriel (2014).
Radutska Lyudmila
Managing network of medical clinics "Boris"
The husband is Mykhailo Radutskyi, People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the XNUMXth convocation, founder of the Boris clinic.
She was born in 1969.
The future couple met right after school, while studying at a medical school. Since then, the couple has been together for 34 years, being a model of partnership.
Somehow they were almost destined to "die in one day", surviving the most destructive tsunami of the 21st century, in which more than half a million people died. It happened in 2004, during a vacation in Thailand, when they miraculously managed to survive, although they were injured.
Their only son Maksym was born in 1989 and is now a well-known Kyiv restaurateur.
Olena Todurova
Works at the Institute of the Heart of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
The husband is Borys Todurov, chief cardiac surgeon of Ukraine.
Very little is known about the wife of the director of the Heart Institute, a world-renowned doctor who saved thousands of lives.
Having met her husband in her youth, the couple has been together for over 30 years.
At first, Olena had nothing to do with medicine and graduated from the Kyiv University of Trade and Economics. However, her husband later took her to his Heart Institute, where she still holds one of the administrative positions.
The couple has two children who continued the family dynasty. Daughter Natalya became a cardiologist, and son Mykhailo a cardiac surgeon, like his father.
Kateryna's mustache
The husband is Olympic champion, undefeated world boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk.
She was born in 1986.
Kateryna Khmelevska and Oleksandr Usyk met while still at school, and immediately after graduation they started dating and lived in a civil marriage for the next four years. The couple got married only in 2009, when Kateryna was already expecting her first child, daughter Elizaveta.
Currently, the Usyki family is considered one of the strongest "star couples" in Ukraine.
"I don't give reasons for jealousy at all. She too. My dream is to live with my wife for many years and celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary," Oleksandr Usyk says, and he still dedicates poems to his beloved.
Kateryna is a happy mother who raises three children - daughter Elizaveta (2010) and two sons Kyril (2013) and Mykhailo (2015).
