Irina Abramovich

Short Biography

Irina`s mother and father waited on tables in a restaurant. He father died in an accident when she was 2 years old. Her mother could barely make both ends meet. She had to work extra shifts making just 120 rubles a month. Irina was a shy and secretive child yet her shyness concealed an iron will. She got a job at Aeroflot through her aunt who was a flight attendant. It was that job where she met her future husband, Roman Abramovich. Irina followed a piece of advice from her workmate to spend more time with passengers who traveled first class. She began collecting the passengers` business cards. One of the cards in her collection bore the name of Roman Abramovich. Mrs. Kurbatova claims Irina “was not overexcited when she met him, but a few months later she announced that they were going to get married.”Irina is an avid shopper. She can be seen in the shops at Sloane Street or Harrods Department Stores.