Biography
The Russian public and scientific actor Ekaterina Tikhonov is headed by the Center for National Intellectual Reserve MSU and the National Intellectual Development Foundation. Both institutions operate under the brand of NPO "Innopractic". This institution is engaged in the development of the concept of the technological valley of Moscow State University - a large-scale scientific and innovative state panel launched in 2013.Such a high degree of confidence is associated with the fact that Catherine, according to unconfirmed data, is the youngest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Officially, this fact was informed by the Reuters agency in 2015, but he did not commented on neither Tikhonova or the head of state. In a number of sources, the girl appears as "Estimated daughter V. V. Putin."
Childhood and youth
Ekaterina Tikhonova is not a public person, almost does not allow an interview and does not have official dossier and profiles in social networks, so journalists gathered her biography practically in the tales, relying on well-known facts from the life of the first family of the state and other media reports.
So, journalists of the publication "Interlocutor" managed to find out that Catherine was born on August 31, 1986 in Dresden (GDR). Father - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the current president of the Russian Federation, at the time of birth, the daughter was served in territorial intelligence in Germany (until 1990). Mother - Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Putin (nee Kkrebneva), philologist, teacher. Catherine has elder sister Maria, born in 1985 in Leningrad.
Both daughters of the spouse called in honor of mothers: the eldest - in honor of the grandmother on the father of Mary Ivanovna, the younger - in honor of Mamina Mom Ekaterina Tikhonovna. It is believed that the current name of the girl is derived from grandmother's middle name. In the official biography of the president, the words of the former wife Lyudmila appear that Putin is a loving father.
"He always cleaned her daughters, and I had to educate me," the woman says.
After returning to their homeland, St. Petersburg, Masha and Katya studied in a private gymnasium with an in-depth study of the German language "Trash", which has a long and glorious history. In 1996, after the transfer of his father to the service to Moscow (Putin took the position of Deputy Governor of the President of the Russian Federation), the girls began to visit the metropolitan school named after Dr. Gaaz at the German Embassy in the Russian Federation.
Since 2000, with the introduction of Vladimir Putin to the position of President of the Russian Federation, Maria and Ekaterina moved to home learning. All sources who closely know the presidential family, celebrate the extraordinary intimacy of the sisters, their warm attitude towards each other.
Among the distracted classes, girls are called sports. In particular, they visited the elite fitness center in Zhukovka near Moscow. Sisters adore dogs: in childhood they had the Caucasian Shepherd and Poodle.
In 2003 (according to other information, in 2005), Catherine entered the St. Petersburg State University to the Eastern Faculty, specialized in the history and culture of Japan, although intensively studied Chinese. Tikhonov also knows English, German, French and Korean.
Scientific activity
Tikhonov is also a graduate of the Moscow State University (Moscow State University), while studying manifested itself as an active volunteer participating in the university projects, thanks to which, after the release received an offer to stay at the university and work in its system. It was during this period that, according to blogger Oleg Kashin, who conducted his own investigation into the identity of the President's daughter, Catherine took the name Tikhonov.
Catherine is marked as the author of a number of scientific papers created in Tandem with Viktor Sadovnichi. The scope of its scientific interests is the study of the possibilities of the human brain and subconscious in extreme conditions, correction of emerging behavioral disorders with the involvement of the theory of such disciplines such as mathematics, mechanics, psychology, physiology and medicine.
The works of Tikhonova on this topic were more submitted at scientific seminars and conferences. In August 2012, the Center for the National Intellectual Reserve (TsNIR), which was headed by Ekaterina Vladimirovna appeared in the MSU structure.
"Our task is to create mechanisms for engaging young scientists in the process of transferring their own scientific developments into the following stages, up to industrial implementation," said the head of the Central Tsnir in an interview with Interfax in 2015.At the end of 2012, the National Intellectual Development Foundation was established to support young scientists and their projects, as well as to ensure the legal and technical support of the TsNir. Both institutions are combined under the brand of NPO "Innopractic" to implement both scientific and commercial activities.
Business
Despite the fact that, according to Tikhonova, "Interaction with Business for the Foundation is not an end in itself", its commercial activities develop quite successfully. Profit is ensured by the implementation of research projects of young scientists. Among the partners of "Innopractors" companies such as Rosneft, Rostech, Gazprombank, Rosatom, Sibur and others.
According to RBC, the revenue of the Fund has increased from 31.5 million to 113.9 million rubles. In 2016; from 182.6 million to 264 million rubles. For 2017. Among the significant projects of NGOs: the opening of microorganisms capable of purifying water from oil pollution in the conditions of the Arctic, the examination of the crater on Yamal, the use of associated petroleum gas, etc. In 2019, new bright projects of the Center are expected in release.
From the 2014th Foundation was introduced to the implementation of a large state project - the technological valley of Moscow State University, an analogue of the Silicon Valley in the United States. In the construction of the sparrow mountains there are educational institutions, laboratories equipped with the latest technology, as well as hostels and housing. NPOs developing the functional part of the project, the cost of which is estimated at 110 billion rubles.
Sport
The fitness hobby fitness was manifested with time over time he turned into a serious passion for acrobatic rock and roll. This kind of sports dance, combined with acrobatic tricks, is included in the competition program. And over the shoulders of Catherine is not one performance at international and home championships.In 2013, Tikhonov with a partner ranked 5th at the World Championships in Switzerland. A year later, in a pair with Ivan Klimov Tikhonov took 2nd place at the Russian Championships. In 2016, together with Dmitry Alekseev, won the Cup of Russia for acrobatic rock and roll.
Now Tikhonov is the head of the International Committee of the All-Russian Confederation of Acrobatic Rock and Roll, holds the post of vice president of development and marketing of the World Confederation of Acrobatic Rock and Roll.
Personal life
Loud rumors about the personal life of Catherine sounded in 2010, when the South Korean newspaper Korea Joong Ang Daily published information that the youngest daughter of Putin marries the son of a former Embassy of the South Korean embassy in Russia. Insider was the father of "Groom" - General Yen Zhong-gu. Information denied Putin's spokesman Dmitry Sadkov.
In 2013, Bloomberg and Reuters announced that Ekaterina Tikhonov was married to the son of the St. Petersburg businessman Nikolai Shamalova (the co-owner of the Bank "Russia") - Kirill Shamalova. However, the photos of the newlyweds never leaked into the network. The media reported that the spouse Tikhonovoy - co-owner of the Petrochemical Holding "SIBUR", the youngest dollar billionaire of Russia according to Forbes (2018).
In January 2018, unconfirmed information about the divorce of the married couple appeared on the network. No Internet resource mentions Children of Tikhonova and Shamalov. Although in a number of interviews Vladimir Putin, speaking of the family, emphasized the presence of grandchildren.
Ekaterina Tikhonova now
On December 8, 2018, Ekaterina Vladimirovna gave the first interview with the Federal TV Channel "Russia-1".
In the program "Vesti", the head of NPO Innopractic told about the new work of scientists Tsnir - Programs, with which it is possible, in simple words, to prepare a person's subconscious to a particular profession.