Katerina Tikhonova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Tikhonova.

Katerina Tikhonova
Катерина Тихонова
(L–R) Lyudmila, Maria, Vladimir and Katerina in Primorsky Krai in 2002
Born
Katerina Vladimirovna Putina

(1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 (age 38)
Dresden, East Germany (now Germany)
CitizenshipRussian
Alma mater
Spouse
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(m. 2013; div. 2018)​
PartnerIgor Zelensky
Children1
Parents
RelativesMaria Vorontsova (sister)

Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova (Russian: Катерина Владимировна Тихонова, IPA: [kətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈtʲixənəvə], née Putina, Путина; born 31 August 1986)[1] is a Russian scientist, manager, and former acrobatic dancer. She is the second daughter of Russian president Vladimir Putin.[2][3][4]

Tikhonova heads the Innopraktika company, which unites two initiatives of Moscow State University: the National Intellectual Development Foundation (NIDF) and the National Intellectual Reserve Centre (NIRC).[2] She is also deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bershidsky 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Grey, Stephen; Kuzmin, Andrey; Piper, Elizabeth (10 November 2015). "Putin's daughter, a young billionaire and the president's friends". Reuters. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Dance colleague identifies Putin's younger daughter". Reuters. 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ Stubbs, Jack; Kuzmin, Andrey; Grey, Stephen; Anin, Roman (17 December 2015). "The man who married Putin's daughter and then made a fortune". Reuters. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ^ "МГУ: Институт математических исследований сложных систем". msu.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 26 July 2021.