This beautiful woman is a famous socialite and one of the most influential blondes of modern Russia. Thanks to a charming smile that reliably hides the steel nerves and iron grip of a businessman, she can handle any setbacks and any achievements.
Parents
In the Zakharov family, who gave birth to Svetlana Maniovich, who received this unusual surname from her first husband, all were hereditary engineers.
Father and mother Svetlana walked through life side by side. Having graduated from Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman, they became employees of one of the private enterprises engaged in improving the country's defense capability. Their work was so classified that even their daughter could not fully understand the nature of their specific occupations. One day, his father still gave Svetlana a state secret, which he kept for many years, and she, in turn, told her to the whole world: “The Soviet past is behind us, and the satellites launched by my dad seem to fly so far and transmit important information to Earth"
In the photo below you can see Svetlana Zakharova (Maniovich) with her parents and son Michael.
The father and mother of our heroine were real custodians of the old-fashioned family traditions of the Soviet past, by and large consisting in the fact that the family is a capsule closed from the outside world, the entrance to which can be open only to the closest people.
This rule was the first in the life of their young blonde smiling daughter, and she tried to adhere to it all her life.
Svetlana
The exact date of birth of Svetlana Maniovich, nee Zakharova, is not known for certain. However, thanks to information from her numerous interviews, it is not difficult to calculate the year in which the future socialite was born.
So, our heroine was born in Moscow in 1972, in addition to this joyful event, notable also for such significant episodes in the country's history as the launch of the Zhiguli car, the launch of the first Salyut orbital station, the opening of the Moscow Circus on the Lenin Hills and a farewell match of the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
Below you can see a school photo from the biography of Svetlana Zakharova (Maniovich).
Unlike her calm and balanced parents, their daughter Svetlana was rather a rebel in character, with a slight admixture of dissidentism, who from childhood had discovered the talent to defend her own point of view, even if she was at odds with generally accepted norms.
Therefore, instead of following in the footsteps of her father and mother, after graduating from school with a mathematical bias, Svetlana Maniovich decided to enter the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Parents did not interfere with the will of their daughter. In front of the admissions office door, father just said to Svetlana: “Then you can count on us only as parents, beyond this door I, unfortunately, cannot help you.”
Meanwhile, the 90s were inevitably advancing. In the renewing country, they suddenly remembered the economy and the banking system, and the profession of financier chosen by Svetlana became extremely popular. The students of the Finance Academy, in which she studied, were started to be examined by the merchants of the new Russia almost from the second year.
Below you can see a photo from the biography of Svetlana Maniovich during her student days and the beginning of her career.
90s
The first experiments with the career of the heroine of this article began very early. Having worked as the financial director of the H.G.S. company, which at that time held leading positions in the printing market, she went to a branch of one of the foreign banks, after some time she left the country altogether and went to study and work in London.
However, Svetlana did not cease to be burdened by employment, contrary to her character, which does not tolerate too cruel limits and the lack of a creative component. The girl needed freedom and her own business, which, in turn, had to not only bring income, but also necessarily be connected with something beautiful and beautiful, for example, with fashion.
After a relatively short time, Svetlana really entered this business, becoming one of the participants in fashion retail.
In those years, there was no significant difference between the market counter and any boutique in the center of the capital. Fashion trends for ordinary residents of Moscow were dictated only by speculators and shuttles.
Therefore, the business started by Svetlana Maniovich in the most expensive segment of the gourmet clothing market came in handy. Working exclusively with individual and wealthy clients, instead of already familiar brands, our heroine began to bring and actively promote brands such as Blumarine and Roberto Cavalli, which were not yet known to Moscow fashionistas and mods in the 90s. The main partners of the young entrepreneur were such emerging brands as the French Mugler, as well as the Italian Dsquared2 and Shirò, which later became world famous.
Mikhail Maniovich
By the time she met her future husband Mikhail Maniovich in 1993, Svetlana, who at that time bore the name of Zakharov, worked as financial director of the printing company "H.G. S."
Odesaite Mikhail Yakovlevich Maniovich, as a child, emigrated with his parents from the USSR and was an Israeli citizen, where he received a law degree. By the nature of his advocacy, in the 80s, Maniovich often came to Russia. In the nineties, Michael left the law and switched to the printing business, the result of which was an acquaintance with a student Svetlana, who is engaged in the same field of activity.
In 1994, they got married, Svetlana took the name of her husband, a businessman.
Mikhail, the first husband of Svetlana Maniovich, can be seen in the photo below.
It was a rather complicated marriage in all respects. Michael was a fairly experienced and accomplished businessman. Svetlana, who at that time was a graduate student at the Financial Academy, was torn between studies and work at the H.G.S. company and her own ambitions, not allowing her to be just a quiet obedient wife of her husband.
During the marriage, the couple had two children - son Michael, named after his father, and daughter Alexander.
Maniovich was sixteen years older than his wife. To all the disagreements arising between him and Svetlana, he said: "When you married a man much older than you, you knew what you were doing."
The same thing, only in reverse order of age, Svetlana told him, believing that with such a difference in age, spouses can coexist harmoniously in marriage only if they make concessions to each other.
However, both of them were businessmen, and to give in to someone was fundamentally not in their rules.
Career
Soon, Svetlana Maniovich was completely tired of printing and wage labor, even in a well-paid position. The girl decided to start her own fashion retailer business.
The first Svetlana boutique was opened at the Metropol Hotel. Despite the fact that her ex-husband Mikhail later spoke about his participation in the establishment of his wife’s business, in fact, the entrepreneur Artyom Malevsky, who was tragically killed in an accident during his tourist trip to South Africa, helped Svetlana start her own business. Artem became not only a companion for Mikhail’s wife, but also a close friend, and his death was a terrible blow to Svetlana.
With the support of Malevsky, a network of fashion boutiques was created, united in a single commercial company Prestige, which was engaged in the sale of clothes from such world famous brands as Blumarine, Yohji Yamamoto, Roberto Cavalli, DSquared2 and Luisa Beccaria.
Acquaintance with Timur
With her current husband Timur Ivanov, fate brought our heroine by accident.
This happened during the Fresh Art fashion show held at the elite institution Prado cafe. As Svetlana Maniovich herself said later, she and her friend were late for this event, so she was forced to run to her seats right through the catwalk. Timur was in the hall, instantly fascinated by the bright blonde.
During the show, he tried several times to unsuccessfully meet the girl’s eyes, and two weeks later invited her to a business meeting about the launch of a new fashion magazine.
Timur met Svetlana flying into the office with a huge bouquet of flowers. Then followed romantic trips around Italy, dinners to the sounds of a cello and expensive gifts that even Mikhail Maniovich could not afford.
As a result, Svetlana decided to divorce.
Timur Ivanov
Who was this new chosen one of our heroine? He was born on August 15, 1975. Like Svetlana herself, he began his career while studying at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, whose faculty of computational mathematics and cybernetics he graduated in 1997.
The first place of his work was Renaissance Capital Bank. Then Timur created a company to develop banking software for trading floors of the securities market, after which high technology licensing fell into his area of interest. A year after graduation, Ivanov unexpectedly got a job at the Ministry of Atomic Energy.
When Svetlana appeared in his life, Timur’s already successful career rushed up like a rocket. In 2012, he was appointed to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region, and a year later became the CEO of the infamous Oboronstroy JSC, having worked there until 2016.
May 23, 2016 Timur Ivanov became Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu.
How was this sudden career growth connected with the beginning of a romantic relationship with Svetlana Maniovich, whose age at the time of their first meeting was already thirty-six years old, and whether it was just a coincidence, we are unlikely to find out. Svetlana herself says the following about this: "Some of my friends think that I bring good luck."
However, all of the above achievements of the new chosen one of the heroine will only be in the future, but in the meantime, she had to endure a painful divorce from Mikhail Maniovich.
Breakup with Michael
The divorce dragged on for a long seven months. A truly loving Mikhail did not want to let her go, and in desperation began to make unsuccessful attempts to return his wife. He forbade their joint children to travel outside Russia, depriving Svetlana and his rival Timur of the opportunity to travel the world. For the sake of his wife, he even lost forty kilograms, having begun to actively engage in sports.
Not knowing what to do, Svetlana broke off relations with Timur and returned to Mikhail again. When this happened, Timur accelerated on his motorcycle and had a terrible accident, having received many injuries and a concussion. He turned gray, and only a miracle saved his life.
After that, Svetlana was forced to live in two families, until the very moment of breaking off relations with Mikhail, trying to explain to him that they simply could not be together.
Then she went to Timur, taking only the children, clothes and a few icons.
Marriage
Timur Ivanov, before meeting with Svetlana, was also not free. However, he managed to leave the family quietly and delicately, chivalrously leaving everything to his ex-wife.
He made a marriage proposal to Svetlana at the end of 2009. This happened in the church of the village of Sychevka, near Smolensk. Put on his bride’s finger in honor of the engagement, a ring from the Daniel K collection with a ten carat diamond was delivered from New York a day before the solemn moment. A month later, in January 2010, they got married.
Soon Timur and Svetlana became one of the most luxurious pairs of Russian bohemia. Their pages on social networks were filled with colorful photographs from all over the planet. London, Courchevel, Africa, Japan, French fashion boutiques, dinner parties, presentations and resorts - such was their happy family life.
From the very beginning of their relationship, the luxurious lifestyle and well-being of this couple has become the reason for many gossip. Timur, according to established tradition, every morning continues to give his beloved Svetlana a huge indecent bouquet of roses.
