Boris Nemtsov biography, photo, personal life and his women, his wives and children

The childhood of Boris Nemtsov

Boris's homeland is the city of Sochi. The boy’s mother was a pediatrician, and his father worked as a deputy construction director. After spending his childhood on the seashore, he went to the city of Gorky to study.

Boris Nemtsov in his youth

Boris entered the university at the Faculty of Radiophysics, which he graduated in 1981. After university, he was assigned to the city's radio engineering research institute, where he defended his dissertation. As a scientist, Nemtsov showed great promise and could have defended his doctorate if he wanted, but even at that time he was more interested in politics rather than science.

The beginning of the career of Boris Nemtsov

In 1988, Boris's mother led the movement against the launch of a nuclear power plant in Gorky. Nemtsova, as a doctor, understood the dangers of radiation, because she more than once treated people with leukemia. Boris actively joined this movement. As Boris later admitted in interviews, it was his mother who drew him into politics.

Boris Nemtsov at the beginning of his career

Soon the young scientist became so popular that in 1989 he was nominated as a candidate for deputy of the USSR. Then his career progressed rapidly. In 1990 he became a deputy of the RSFSR in the Gorky district.

The putsch, which occurred in August 1991, played an important role in Nemtsov’s political fate. In those days, quite by chance, he ended up in the capital, spending a vacation there with his family. Nemtsov could not stand aside and took part in the defense of the White House, supporting Boris Yeltsin, who later did not forget this.

Boris Nemtsov was on good terms with Yeltsin

Murder

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The last interview recorded three hours before the murder People's Memorial to Boris Nemtsov

While walking with his girlfriend in Moscow along the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, he was killed by shots from a white Ford car[9].

According to one version, the murder may be related to political activity. In particular, the day before the murder, he published a resonant post in his journal (which became his last entry in LiveJournal), dedicated to the debts of many representatives of the United Russia political party to the country's budget[10]. The comments on the first day contained mainly either hatred of Nemtsov as a “traitor”, or recommendations for writing a post (which, by the way, turned out to be long), in particular, the use of kata. However, on the evening of February 27, when news of the murder appeared, the nature of the comments shifted to the topic of “grief or spitting on a grave.”

But still, having learned about Nemtsov’s death, most people of all political views were shocked by this news and soon a public memorial was formed at the site of the murder: flowers, candles, portraits of Nemtsov and the Russian flag.

At 14:00 on March 1, 2015 (Moscow time), Nemtsov planned to hold (as one of the leaders) the “Anticrisis March” in Maryino.

Some publications, including MK, having confused UTC time with Moscow, reported that allegedly Russian Wikipedia informed about Nemtsov’s murder before it happened.[11]

After his death, the IT resource GeekTimes published a note “Another talented Russian scientist has passed away,” which was dedicated to Nemtsov’s contribution to science.[12]

On December 14, 2015, Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin wrote an open letter to Ramzan Kadyrov with a proposal to meet in order to ask questions about the murder of Nemtsov and talk “man to man.”[13]

Career rise: Nemtsov - governor

Good personal relationships with Boris Nikolaevich helped Nemtsov make a quick career - he became the president’s confidant in the Nizhny Novgorod region, a few months later he already headed the regional administration, then governor, and almost two years later also a parliamentarian.
In the Federation Council he was a representative of the Nizhny Novgorod region. The politician enjoyed trust and popularity in his area, thanks to which he won the gubernatorial elections again. This was in 1995. However, there were excesses in his career. So, live on air with Vladimir Zhirinovsky, after heated arguments, politicians began pouring juice on each other and throwing glasses. After this incident, Nemtsov’s popularity only increased. The press called the politician one of the most independent and independent regional leaders.

Scandal on air: Zhirinovsky, Nemtsov and spilled orange juice (1995)

Boris Nemtsov's work in Moscow

He left the governor's post in 1997, becoming the first deputy prime minister of the Federal Government.
His responsibilities included overseeing housing and communal services, the social sector and construction; he controlled antimonopoly policy and natural monopolies. From April to November 1997, Nemtsov also simultaneously served as Minister of Fuel and Industry, becoming the youngest minister in the government. Many still remember the advertised initiative to transfer all officials to domestic Volga cars, which never yielded any results.

Boris Nemtsov answers a pressing question In the spring of 1998, the politician was transferred to the financial and economic bloc. The August default affected the politician’s position; he became acting Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

Boris Nemtsov. Biography

Nemtsov was born in Sochi on October 9, 1959 in the family of a construction manager and a pediatrician.

He studied at the Faculty of Radiophysics in Gorky, after which he began working at a local research institute and defended his dissertation, working on problems of plasma physics, acoustics and hydrodynamics. During these years, he participated in the development of antenna parameters for spacecraft, which made it possible to maintain communication with astronauts when the capsule entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Academician Vitaly Ginzburg called him a “talented physicist.”

In 1988, Boris’s mother took the lead in the movement against the launch of a nuclear power plant in Gorky and, as he himself admitted later, drew her son into political activity.

Two years later, Nemtsov became a deputy of the RSFSR from the Candidates for Democracy association he created. During the events of August 1991, Nemtsov participated in the defense of the White House and became close to Boris Yeltsin.

Personal acquaintance with Yeltsin allowed Nemtsov to become a trusted official in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and in November of the same year - the head of the regional administration. As governor, Nemtsov carried out numerous reforms, forming, according to contemporaries, an authoritarian management style.

At the beginning of 1996, with the participation of Nemtsov, a million signatures were collected in the region for the withdrawal of the Russian army from Chechnya. That same year he was nominated for presidential elections, but refused to participate.

In 1997, Nemtsov left his post as governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, becoming first deputy prime minister - the youngest in the federal government. He oversaw the social block, housing and communal services and construction, antimonopoly policy and the fuel and energy complex. At first, Nemtsov was considered a possible successor to Yeltsin, who could have gotten ahead of Gennady Zyuganov and Alexander Lebed in the elections, but blunders in the management of the fuel and energy complex deprived the politician of popularity.

Shortly after the 1998 default and the resignation of the government of Sergei Kiriyenko, Boris Nemtsov left the government, taking up party building as one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces. From this party he became a deputy and took the post of deputy chairman of the State Duma.

Nemtsov supported the appointment of Vladimir Putin as head of the Russian government and his further participation in the presidential elections. Subsequently, the politician called this position erroneous.

In the 2000s, he was actively involved in opposition activities, remaining at the head of the Union of Right Forces until its dissolution in 2008. Participated in organizing and holding numerous rallies for fair elections and against the policies of the Russian authorities. He published a report “Putin.Itogi”, in which he wrote about large-scale corruption and abuses of the intelligence services.

In 2009, Boris Nemtsov nominated himself for the post of mayor of Sochi, but took only second place with approximately 14% of the vote. Since 2010, he has been one of the leaders of the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS). Since 2013, he was elected to the Yaroslavl Regional Duma, where he worked on the Committee on Budget, Taxes and Finance and on the Committee on Legislation and State Power Issues.

He became one of the applicants for the “Spring” anti-crisis march, which was scheduled for March 1, 2015. On February 27, Boris Nemtsov was killed on Vasilievsky Spusk in Moscow with several shots in the back.

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Boris Nemtsov's departure from the government

According to Nemtsov, the transition to the government turned out to be a big mistake - he lost the opportunity to move on. The politician resigned and directed his efforts to create the Young Russia movement. A little later, it joined the Union of Right Forces (SPS), from which the politician became a State Duma deputy and received the post of deputy chairman in the lower house of parliament. After Nemtsov, this post was taken by Irina Khakamada.

Nemtsov knew how to lead people

In 2000, Nemtsov became the head of the Duma faction. The Union of Right Forces lost the Duma elections in 2003. Nemtsov took the blame for this loss upon himself. The politician decided to go into business. At the Neftyanoy concern, he took the post of chairman of the board of directors.

Personal life

Boris Efimovich was married. He and his wife Raisa Akhmetovna lived separately during the last years of their marriage. Raisa Akhmetovna worked as a librarian. From this marriage, Nemtsov has a daughter, Zhanna (born in 1984). In 2005, the girl decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and ran for election to the Moscow City Duma. Despite support from five political parties, Zhanna lost the election.

With his wife Raisa | Evening Moscow

Nemtsov also has children from journalist Ekaterina Odintsova: son Anton, daughter Dina. In 2004, a daughter, Sofia, was born from Irina Koroleva, who served as his secretary.

With Ekaterina Odintsova | KP

Another of Nemtsov’s lovers was Anastasia Ogneva, whom the politician met in 2012. He dated her for more than three years.

Many accused Nemtsov of excessive attention to representatives of the fair half of humanity, but he repeatedly stated that his women always simply loved him, and men were jealous of this state of affairs.

With Anna Duritskaya

The politician’s last love was the Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya.

Nemtsov loved sports. In his free time, he loved to play tennis, which he had been doing since 1979, and was fond of windsurfing.

Boris Nemtsov: the last years of his life

In 2004, Boris Nemtsov openly supported the Orange Revolution that took place in Ukraine, after which he became an unofficial adviser to the Ukrainian president.

Boris has always spoken openly about his beliefs

To participate in the Russian presidential elections in 2008, the Union of Right Forces nominated Boris Efimovich, but his rating was less than one percent. Nemtsov withdrew his candidacy even before the start of the campaign. That same year, the politician announced the termination of his membership in the Union of Right Forces.

In the fall of 2008, the Union of Right Forces was dissolved, and at the same time a new Right Cause party was organized. Nemtsov was against the dissolution of the Union of Right Forces; he did not want to participate in Right Cause. Instead, he became one of the founders of the opposition democratic movement Solidarity.

Boris Nemtsov on Elbrus

In 2009, the politician nominated himself for the post of mayor of Sochi. Many considered this a PR campaign. In the elections, Nemtsov took second place, gaining slightly less than fourteen percent.

In 2012, Boris Nemtsov became co-chairman of the political party “Republican Party of Russia - People's Freedom Party” (RPR-PARNAS). From this party he nominated his candidacy in the elections to the Yaroslavl Regional Duma on September 8, 2013 and was elected as a deputy.

Nemtsov was not afraid to criticize the current government

Boris Nemtsov openly criticized Vladimir Putin’s policies, becoming the author of anti-corruption reports: “Putin. Results. 10 years”, “Putin. Corruption". He was also one of the initiators and an active participant in the “March of Dissent” in 2007, “Strategy-31”, protest rallies “For Fair Elections” in 2011-2013 and marches against military operations in Ukraine (2014-2015).

Biography of Boris Nemtsov

In 1981-1990, he was a researcher at the Gorky Research Institute of Radiophysics.

In 1990 he was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR, a member of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation.

In September 1991, he was appointed representative of the President of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and in December 1991, head of the regional administration (governor).

In December 1993, Boris Nemtsov was elected to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the first convocation, and was a member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget, Financial, Currency and Credit Regulation, Money Issue, Tax Policy and Customs Regulation.

In 1995, he won the election for governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region and entered the Federation Council of the Russian Federation of the second convocation.

On March 17, 1997, he was appointed first deputy prime minister of the Russian government.

From March to December 1997, Nemtsov was simultaneously the Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation and was Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Commission on Operational Issues.

In March 1998, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was dismissed along with the entire government of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Since April 1998, he took the post of Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Sergei Kiriyenko; in August 1998, he submitted his resignation, which was accepted by President Boris Yeltsin.

Since September 1998, on a voluntary basis, he has been deputy head of the Council for Local Self-Government under the President of the Russian Federation.

In 1999, he became the chairman of the socio-political movement “Young Russia”, one of the leaders of the “Right Cause” coalition, then one of the leaders of the “Union of Right Forces” (SPS).

On December 19, 1999, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the third convocation, in January-May 2000 he was deputy chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation, since May 2000 - the head of the SPS faction, and was a member of the State Duma Committee on Legislation.

In May 2001, at the Founding Congress of the Union of Right Forces party, Nemtsov was elected chairman of the political council of this party, which united members of the SPS movement and the majority of members of the Democratic Russia and Democratic Choice of Russia, which dissolved themselves on the eve of the congress, and later became co-chairman of the Union party Right Forces."

In December 2003, in the State Duma elections, together with Anatoly Chubais and Irina Khakamada, he headed the federal list of the Union of Right Forces party, which failed to overcome the five percent barrier and enter the Duma.

In January 2004, he resigned as co-chairman of the party, remaining its ordinary member.

In January 2004, he became one of the founders of the organization “Committee 2008: Freedom of Choice”.

In 2004-2005, he was chairman of the board of directors of the Neftyanoy concern.

From February 2005 to October 2006, Boris Nemtsov was a freelance adviser to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

In December 2007, the SPS congress nominated Boris Nemtsov as a candidate for the post of President of Russia to participate in the elections in March 2008.

Even before the start of the election campaign, Nemtsov withdrew his candidacy in favor of Mikhail Kasyanov.

In February 2008, he suspended his membership in the Union of Right Forces.

On December 13, 2008, at the first congress of the United Democratic Movement "Solidarity" he was elected a member of the federal political council of "Solidarity" and became a member of the bureau of the federal political council of the movement.

In March 2009, the Solidarity Bureau nominated Nemtsov as a candidate for mayor of Sochi. In the mayoral elections of Sochi, held on April 26, 2009, Boris Nemtsov took second place, receiving 13.6% of the vote.

In 2010, Boris Nemtsov co-founded the People's Freedom Party “For Russia without arbitrariness and corruption.”

In 2012, he was elected co-chairman of the political party “Republican Party of Russia - People's Freedom Party” (RPR-PARNAS).

In September 2013, at the regional elections, he was elected as a deputy of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma of the sixth convocation.

On February 27, 2015, Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow.

Boris Nemtsov is the author of a number of scientific works, a number of political reports (“Luzhkov. Results”, “Sochi and the Olympics”, “Putin. Results”, etc.), author of the books “Provincial”, “Provincial in Moscow” and “Confession of a Rebel” .

Boris Nemtsov was awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree (1995), the Medal “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth” of the Russian Ministry of Defense (2001), the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, I degree (ROC, 1996), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree (Ukraine, 2006).

Boris Nemtsov left four children.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

Personal life of Boris Nemtsov

The politician’s first and only official wife, Raisa Akhmetovna Nemtsova, is not a public person. This marriage gave Nemtsov a daughter, Zhanna, who was able to become an independent and significant figure. She is known as a talented journalist, public figure and TV presenter (from 2007 to 2015 she worked on the RBC TV channel).

First wife Raisa, Boris Nemtsov and their daughter Zhanna

Boris Efimovich has a son and a daughter, whom journalist Ekaterina Odintsova gave birth to. He met her in Nizhny Novgorod. Son Anton was born in 1995, and daughter Diana in 2002.

“Nemtsov with his common-law wife Ekaterina Odintsova, son Anton and daughter Dina

In 2004, the politician became a father for the fourth time: his secretary Irina Koroleva, who previously worked in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, gave birth to his daughter Sofia.

Irina Koroleva with her daughter Sofia

Family of Nemtsov Boris Efimovich

Nemtsov Boris Efimovich was married only once - to Raisa Akhmetovna (born 1962, Volgograd). The lovers legalized their relationship while still studying at the university. Raisa Akhmetovna gave birth to a daughter, Zhanna (born 1984). Boris Efimovich stopped living with his wife in the 90s, but did not divorce her.

The politician was in a relationship with journalist Ekaterina Odintsova, and she gave birth to his son Anton (born 1995) and daughter Dina (born 2002). Also, for some time, Boris Nemtsov met with his secretary Irina Koroleva, and in this relationship a daughter, Sophia (born in 2004), was born.

At the celebration of Boris Efimovich’s 50th birthday, all his passions and children were guests. The politician’s last companion was Anna Duritskaya, a young model from Ukraine. According to the girl, their relationship lasted 3 years.

After the murder of Boris Efimovich Nemtsov, it turned out that he had another son. In 2021, on September 1, the Zamoskvoretsky Court recognized Boris (born in 2014) as the heir of the politician. The boy's mother is a certain Ekaterina Iftodi.

Death of Boris Nemtsov

On the night of February 27-28, 2015, Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow, near Vasilyevsky Spusk.
Unknown killers shot the politician four times in the back. He died on the spot from his injuries. He was 55 years old. At the time of his death, Nemtsov was walking with his friend, model Anna Duritskaya.
The girl was not injured in any way as a result. It was not possible to detain the criminals in hot pursuit. An all-weather camera recorded the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Exclusive Boris Nemtsov was buried on March 3 at the Troekurovsky cemetery, where the funeral service had previously taken place. The farewell and civil memorial service took place at the Sakharov Center.

Works by Boris Nemtsov

"Provincial" (1997);
Nemtsov B. “Confession of a Rebel” (2007);
Nemtsov B., Milov V. “Putin. Results" (independent expert report). - M.: Novaya Gazeta, 2008. - 77 p. — ISBN 978-5-900504-84-4;
Nemtsov B., Milov V. “Putin and Gazprom” (independent expert report). - M.: Techno M, 2008. - 58 p. — ISBN 978-5-900504-84-1;
Nemtsov B., Milov V. “Putin and the crisisA crisis
(from the Greek krisis - decision, turning point, outcome):
1)
A sharp, abrupt change in something, a difficult transitional state (for example, a spiritual crisis).
2)
Acute difficulty with something (for example, with the production or marketing of goods);
difficult situation. "(independent expert report). - M.: Novaya Gazeta, 2009. - 32 p. — ISBN 978-5-91147-005-0;
Nemtsov B. “Luzhkov. Results" (independent expert report) (2009). For some facts in this brochure, B. Nemtsov paid Yu. Luzhkov 500 thousand rubles by court decision;
Nemtsov B., Milov V. Independent expert report “Putin. Results. 10 years". - Moscow: 2010. - 48 p.;