Biography
Date of birth: February 16, 1978.
Zodiac sign: Aquarius. According to the eastern horoscope: the year of the Earth Horse.
Nationality: Ukrainian.
Religion: Orthodox.
Age: 41 years old.
Interests, hobbies: as a teenager I loved to sing. When I was in school, I took part in various vocal competitions. Then she had a cherished dream: Elena wanted to become an actress. But it just so happened that her husband Vladimir, who led in the first and second rounds of the presidential elections in Ukraine, became an outstanding actor.
Elena Zelenskaya
And now Elena Zelenskaya has become the first lady of Ukraine. . Vladimir Alexandrovich considers his wife his best friend and assistant. He can consult with her at any time and talk about painful issues. And even a romantic dinner between husband and wife is more like a meeting.
Elena Vladimirovna admits to the media that she quite often has a desire to edit her husband’s speech during his speeches. She herself, unlike her husband, is a non-public person. Outwardly, the wife of Vladimir Zelensky is beautiful, discreet and elegant. According to experts, she will quickly get used to the role of the country's first lady if she becomes one.
Let's talk in more detail about their family life. Find out what values the Zelensky family lives by. What is their priority? When did the couple meet and start their married life? We have prepared all the most interesting things for you.
Elena Zelenskaya: family and children
Before making the relationship official, the lovers dated for almost 8 years. Elena and Vladimir got married in 2003, and two years later a daughter, Alexandra, appeared in the family.
After the birth of her daughter, Elena devoted several years to household chores and caring for the baby, but soon she was able to again accompany her husband on tour and take part in the work of his studio. In 2013, the Zelenskys had a son, Kirill.
In an interview with Dmitry Gordon, Vladimir said that Elena is his best friend and adviser, he trusts her unconditionally. Zelensky assures that the wife’s word is often decisive.
Zelenskaya considers Studio Kvartal-95 actress Elena Kravets one of her best friends, who is also her godmother. Husband Kravets became godfather to Vladimir and Elena’s daughter, Alexandra.
Family
Elena Zelenskaya (our heroine’s maiden name is Kiyashko) was born and raised in the city of Krivoy Rog. She studied at the same school with Vladimir Zelensky. But for some reason both of them did not pay attention to each other.
One day Vladimir met her on the street. The girl had a video cassette of the film “Basic Instinct” in her hands. This is how they met. The 17-year-old future showman met Elena under the pretext of watching a movie.
True, Elena was dating another guy at that time. However, for the sake of Vladimir Zelensky, she broke off relations with him. According to her, Vladimir captivated her with his decency, wit and intelligence. They were in close contact for several years: they lived in a civil marriage. The couple officially married only 8 years after they met.
Elena Zelenskaya
In an interview with the media, the showman admitted that he did not want to rush into having children. And he associated marriage bonds with the birth of offspring. So I kept putting off the question until later. Although Elena herself asked about this more than once. And she wanted to legitimize relations with Vladimir Zelensky.
The couple got married in 2003, when Vladimir really wanted his own children. And he finally proposed. One heartfelt film helped the showman understand that he was ready to become a father, after watching which he immediately wanted his own.
Although Elena herself interprets this question a little differently. She says that at that time “95 Kvartal” left KVN, and they simply had more free time to spend together.
The first time Elena was pregnant with a girl. Today the Zelenskys are raising two children: 14-year-old daughter Alexandra and 6-year-old son Kirill. Initially, Elena was very worried that they named the girl Alexandra: would she be a badass and a tomboy? However, her fears were in vain.
Until now, Elena and Vladimir are connected by tremulous feelings. Despite the fact that both are quite different in character: she is characterized by prudence, balance and calmness, he is characterized by emotionality, impulsiveness and energy, the Zelenskys have been together for more than 20 years. I still have a warm, trusting relationship with my wife.
Zelensky's wife Elena hides her legs and influence on her husband
After the stunning success of Vladimir Zelensky in the first round of the presidential elections on March 31, Elena Zelenskaya can gradually prepare for the role of first lady. In particular, for the inauguration of her husband Vladimir in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada (although political scientists do not exclude the most incredible scenarios of the second round - after all, Petro Poroshenko can use any moves, too much is at stake for him, including his own freedom).
However, to a large extent, Elena Zelenskaya has already mastered the role of the wife of the President of Ukraine. After all, she herself wrote down the characteristic details of the ceremony in the script for the series “Servant of the People,” where her husband played the role of teacher Goloborodko, who, by the will of fate, led the country.
I wanted to sing, but I started writing scripts
Elena's maiden name is Kiyashko. She, like her husband, was born in Krivoy Rog. Now Elena is 41 years old, she and Vladimir are the same age. We studied at the same school, in parallel classes. But Zelensky said that he didn’t even remember Lena during his school years - he didn’t pay attention to her. Zelensky himself, as a high school student, was extremely popular with girls.
And at the age of 17, Vladimir “spotted” Elena on the street of his hometown. Both were already students. Zelensky - the Economic Institute, Kiyashko - the Krivoy Rog Technical University (she later graduated with honors from its construction department and received the profession of an architect). Lena had a video cassette in her hands with the film “Basic Instinct” - Vladimir asked to watch it and, under this pretext, took the phone number from his future wife.
Zelensky had to fight for Elena: she already had a boyfriend, and Vladimir had to seriously talk to him: they say, let Elena choose with whom to build a relationship. She chose Zelensky.
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As a teenager, Elena really enjoyed singing and performed at competitions. But, obviously, under the influence of her parents, she went to study as an architect. However, she never worked in her specialty - her acquaintance with Vladimir immersed her in the world of KVN, Elena began writing scripts for performances of Kvartal 95.
The degree of talent of the screenwriter of most productions in which her husband participated can be judged, among other things, by the voting results in the presidential elections in Ukraine. After all, she wrote the main character of the series “Servant of the People” Goloborodko, who voters associate with the performer of his role Zelensky.
After meeting and working together, Vladimir, however, was in no hurry to get married. The couple lived in a civil marriage for eight years. Relations were complicated by Zelensky’s frequent tours and business trips.
But in 2003, the couple finally formalized their relationship. Vladimir proposed to Elena after they watched a touching film about the life of a family with children in the cinema.
Two years later, their daughter Alexandra was born, she is now 14 years old. January 21, 2013 - son Kirill.
“Crimea is not yours”
As for Elena’s political views, she declares the same positions as her husband. In 2014, she pointedly commented on a social network post by Elizaveta Bogutskaya, who wrote how she tried in Crimea to convince the Russian military on duty to leave the peninsula.
“Thank you very much, Lisa! We in Kyiv are so scared for you, Crimeans! You have started a great thing! The only thing I’m afraid of is that the Russian media will film you, they will turn everything upside down again and comment on how happy the Crimeans are with their liberators! :(((" read Zelenskaya’s comment. The referendum in Crimea showed that Crimeans are happy - and there is nothing to change here...
What she would be like as the president’s wife, Elena wondered more than once or twice. “The First Lady does not necessarily have to take on some major role in this situation,” Zelenskaya noted in a conversation with a group of foreign journalists who arrived from Moscow. “It seems to me that this tandem should repeat what is actually happening in the family.”
In their family, the leader is Vladimir. Elena helps him, supports him as best she can. To pull the blanket over oneself, she said, “would be absolutely wrong.”
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The decision to launch “this project” (as Elena herself called her husband’s potential presidency) was made last summer. At least on June 11, 2018, Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky announced Zelensky’s possible leadership in the future election race to the Kyiv portal “Left Bank”. The journalist who recorded the billionaire’s revelations considered this another whim of the oligarch. As it soon turned out, Kolomoisky had carefully calculated everything.
Now Elena claims that the idea to run for president allegedly came from social networks - his commentators and fans of the series “Servant of the People” have been writing to Vladimir about this for several years. Zelenskaya says: she was against her husband’s nomination. They say that elections are a difficult project, serious security measures have changed the life of the family... But now she has come to terms with the situation and is trying to be less nervous.
Accessories and offshores
During the election campaign, Elena Zelenskaya was next to her husband at the headquarters and often appeared in public. Ukrainians assessed her image: Elena wears only what emphasizes her waist, but at the same time hides her legs. The colors of the outfits are mostly subtle, but the accessories often stand out. At the mentioned meeting with representatives of Western media, which took place in her and Vladimir’s spacious Kiev home, Elena appeared with natural hair and discreet makeup with an emphasis on the eyes.
From the MK dossier: “The family of Elena and Vladimir Zelensky owns a residential building with an area of 353.5 square meters. m, a plot of land in the village of Ivankovichi, Boryspil district, Kyiv region, apartments in Kyiv with an area of 254.5 sq.m. and 131.9 sq.m. m.
In addition to them, the Zelenskys have two apartments in the UK with an area of 191.9 square meters. m and parking spaces.
Personally, Elena Zelenskaya has an apartment and a parking space in Yalta, an apartment and a parking space in Kyiv, and also a non-residential premises in the same city. 2 apartments in Kyiv with an area of 269.7 square meters are also registered to third parties. m and parking spaces.
The Zelensky family owns debt securities and shares of companies registered in Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands.
Zelensky owns corporate rights in, “Studio Kvartal-95”, “Zelari Fish”, “Producer”, “Animation Studio 95”, “Kvartal TV”, “Invest Anima”, “Gaudi Studio”, “Kvartal Concert” of various values.
Vladimir Zelensky owns assets in Ukraine, Italy, Cyprus, Belize and the British Virgin Islands. Tangible assets include patents, marks for goods and services.
A Mercedes Benz S500 4 Matic (2014 model year) is registered with Elena Zelenskaya. Watches from Breguet, Tag Heuer, Rolex, Piaget, jewelry from Bovet, Breguet, Graff were declared for her and Vladimir.”
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“He is jealous - that means he loves”
After 20 years of actual life together, the Zelenskys still live in perfect harmony. Unless occasionally Elena arranges a “debriefing” because of some VIP person with whom her husband could theoretically “have something.” For some time, a native of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Vera Galushka, better known as Vera Brezhneva, ex-soloist of VIA Gra, was such an imaginary homewrecker.
Vera’s height is 172 cm, Vladimir Zelensky’s height is 166. Nevertheless, the showman was forced to patiently explain to his missus: the work in the films he produced “8 Best Dates”, “Love in the City” (three seasons) was not due to Vladimir’s hopes. for some non-official relationships. “He’s jealous - and thank God, that means, yes, he loves,” Zelensky philosophizes.
On the night the results of the first round were announced, he thanked his wife for her support: “Thanks to her, my wife prepared me - all these three months!”
Read the material “What is dangerous about Zelensky as President of Ukraine”
Education
After graduating from Krivoy Rog school No. 95, Elena entered the local technical university, from which she graduated with honors. I did not work as an architect by profession. Scripts became her hobby.
The actress from Elena also did not work out. The stage and the big theater remained in her dreams. She realized herself as a lyricist for the Kvartal 95 studio. She did it very well and is doing it well. All the comedy scenes are quite successful.
Zelensky with his wife Elena
Today Elena Vladimirovna jokes that she will remain a screenwriter for her husband even if he wins the 2020 presidential election. Jokingly she says that she will write texts for him, since sometimes she does not like her husband’s speech during speeches or interviews.
Career and business
From a young age, Elena supported Vladimir’s passion for playing KVN. Even then she began writing scripts for his team. At the moment, Vladimir Alexandrovich’s wife continues to work in a humorous direction and is a co-author of the texts “Kvartal 95”.
According to the declaration, the spouse owns 0.01% of the studio. He owns 99.99%. She also owns 25% of Zelary Fish LLC, a company engaged in processing and canning fish.
Zelensky with his wife Elena
The humorous genre became for Elena Vladimirovna a part of her life and a real passion. Comedy situations occur quite often in their family life. However, Elena never includes them in the scripts of which she is a co-author today.
Elena meets her future husband
Elena Zelenskaya graduated from school in 1995 and decided to continue her education at the Krivoy Rog Technical University, enrolling in the Faculty of Construction. She graduated from university with a master's degree and honors diploma. And her future husband studied law at the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute of the Kyiv National Economic University. Vladimir paid attention to Elena in his first year at the institute, when he once ran into her on the street. He himself admits that he never suffered from a lack of attention from the opposite sex, but here he had to compete for the girl’s heart, since she was dating another guy at that time. The reason for our acquaintance was the video cassette of the cult film with Sharon Stone “Basic Instinct,” which Elena was holding in her hands. He asked to lend him a videotape, and along with it he took the girl’s phone number.
Elena Zelenskaya
The Zelenskys graduated from universities in 2000, but none of them ever worked in their specialty. The fact is that after school, Vladimir became interested in playing KVN: at the beginning he played in the KVN team “Young Krivoy Rog”, and later in “Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit”. Elena supported her lover from the very beginning of his creative career, went on tour with him and often helped him prepare his performances. When in 1997 the team “Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit” won, becoming the champions of the season, Vladimir Zelensky and other actors decided to create their own team, which they called “95th Quarter”. Here he acts as a team captain, a joke writer, and an actor. Later, Elena Zelenskaya also becomes the author and screenwriter of “The 95th Quarter.”
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Compromising evidence and rumors
The winner of both rounds of the 2020 presidential elections in Ukraine has always lived with his family. Family for Vladimir Zelensky is his unique story. He trusts his wife very much. But she herself believes that she does not influence her husband too much. Vladimir is sure of the opposite. And he always speaks very touchingly about his family.
According to Vladimir Alexandrovich’s declaration, his wife has an apartment with an area of 129.8 square meters. m. It is located in Livadia (Yalta, Crimea). There she also owns a parking space of 16.1 square meters. m. In the capital she has an apartment with an area of 284 square meters. m. Some real estate is their common property with their spouse.
Among the vehicles, Elena Vladimirovna owns a Mercedes S 500 4 Matis, 2014. Among the valuable items, the declaration lists two pairs of watches from the Piaget and Breguet brands. She also owns a jewelry set: earrings and a ring with diamonds.
Zelensky with his wife Elena
On April 21, 2020, after the closing of the polling stations, Vladimir Aleksandrovich announced at a press conference in Kyiv that, as president, he intended to move from Bankova. In addition, there are no plans to use the presidential motorcade. The leader of the presidential elections does not want to work in the Administration. And he intends to reduce the Presidential Administration.
The Zelensky couple lives in the village of Ivankovichi, near Kiev. There the showman has a house of 352 square meters. m. In Britain, a couple rents an apartment with an area of 91.9 square meters. m. According to open sources, a scandal arose around the villa in Forte dei Marmi (Italy), which was discovered by Slidstvo.Info journalists.
Vladimir Zelensky argued for the absence of a 15-room mansion in his declaration by saying that he is not required to declare real estate owned by a company founded by him, and not by himself.
According to the latest data from the Central Election Commission, almost 18 million voters took part in the presidential elections in our country. Some people are already congratulating Vladimir Alexandrovich on his actual election to the post of commander in chief. Among those congratulating is the Head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, who promised support for the European Union.
But Zelensky’s daughter Sasha negatively perceived her father’s desire to run for the post of president of the country. She cried for a long time. And Elena didn’t talk about this to her son for a long time, worrying how the child, who already misses his father very much due to his employment in show business, would take the news.
Vladimir Zelensky very often asks his wife for help, turning to her for advice on a variety of issues. But Elena Vladimirovna did not want to support the decision to run for president of Ukraine. Initially, she was against it, but then she admitted to the media and still accepted his decision. So everything turned out fine afterwards. All members accepted the decision of the head of the family.
In 2013, the wife of the newly elected President of Ukraine, Elena Zelenskaya, purchased an elite apartment in Crimea. The media was embarrassed by the fact that she managed to buy it at a price that was completely out of line with the market price. In April, the Prichal 82 real estate agency put this penthouse up for sale for $790,668, and just a few months later the Zelenskys managed to buy this house for $163,893. The couple has not commented on this yet, but Igor Kolomoisky said that this penthouse then belonged to the oligarch Alexander Buryak, who at that time really needed cash to support his own bank (Brokbusinessbank).
Vladimir Zelensky is running for president
When Vladimir Zelensky decided to run for president, his wife was against this idea. However, as Elena herself claims, if her husband has decided something, then no one can influence his decision. Therefore, she soon accepted his decision and began to fully support him. Vladimir Zelensky became President of Ukraine on May 20, 2020. At the same time, Elena Zelenskaya became the youngest first lady. She began to appear with her husband at all events and even came with him to the first congress of his political party “Servant of the People,” which is why rumors immediately spread about her participation in the party. Elena herself denies these rumors. Vladimir Zelensky in an interview says that Elena is not just his wife, but also a close friend, and has a great influence on him.
The creative path of Elena Zelenskaya
Today Elena is 41 years old, she is a mother of two children, she is slim and has a great sense of style. According to various sources, her height is either 166 cm or 170 cm. Interestingly, Vladimir Zelensky’s height is also about 170 cm. The president’s wife has two apartments - in Crimea and Kiev, a 2014 Mercedes S 500 car, and other real estate , which she owns jointly with her husband.
Elena Zelenskaya and Vladimir have been living together for 21 years; they have been living in the village of Ivankovichi near Kyiv in a house that is the property of Vladimir Zelensky. The spacious mansion of the Zelenskys is located on the territory of the Maetok cottage complex. The biography of Elena Zelenskaya does not end here, because her activities as the first lady will be followed by millions of people, both in Ukraine and abroad. We also hope to soon see her biography on the pages of Wikipedia.
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Elena Zelenskaya with her daughter Alexandra
Elena and Vladimir Zelensky
