Meet Tatyana Bakalchuk, Russia's new RICHEST woman
Meet Tatyana Bakalchuk, Russia's new RICHEST woman RBTH 13 May 2021, 00:55 GMT+10 A mother of four and former English language teacher, Tatyana Bakalchuk set up a Russian version of Amazon from scratch and, in 2021, became Russia's richest woman. Sounds like yet another success story from a glossy magazine about a "self-made woman", doesn't it? The trouble is, things aren't quite what they seem. Here is our account of how Bakalchuk created her unreal wealth. "It is autumn 2004 and it's raining. Tatyana Bakalchuk, an English language teacher, travels the length of Moscow by public transport - ...