How to date a Kazakh girl: instructions for use. Handelsblatt: Kazakh Gulya Moldazhanova - the path from secretary to the best female top manager in Russian business

The most influential female manager in Russia

Physicists today are in exceptional demand outside their professional sphere: for example, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel is a physicist by training, as is one of the richest Russian oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska. And at the head of his Basic Element holding with assets of $23 billion, Deripaska put a physicist with honors, his best classmate Gulzhan Moldazhanova
What is unusual for the world of economics, however, is not the specialty, but the career of 41-year-old Gulzhan Moldazhanova, who soared from the reception desk to the office of the general director.

First, an excursion into the past. 1995 Soviet Union collapsed, Russians are suffering the consequences of collapsing prices, the rapid depreciation of the ruble and hyperinflation.

Moldazhanova, working as a researcher at the famous Moscow state university(MSU) for a meager salary, tries to somehow improve her financial situation and is hired as a secretary with a salary of $200 for her former classmate Deripaska in his aluminum sales company: “I had to ensure my existence.”

The young Kazakh woman worked in the reception area for just two weeks, after which Deripaska appointed her as an assistant. financial director. A year later, he assigned her to the foreign trade department of his giant Rusal.

Today Rusal ranks second among light metals production concerns in the world, and Moldazhanova is more than just the head of this giant. Since February 2005, she has also headed the Basic Element holding. Since that moment, the divorced woman and mother of a three-year-old daughter has been able to achieve a lot: the industrial holding "Basic Element", which covers entire industries from pulp mills to automobile companies, located, in particular, in England, from courier services, a large number construction companies and a textile factory to the aluminum giant Rusal and agricultural enterprises, is divided into seven divisions. All this is headed by Moldazhanova and the head of the supervisory board, Deripaska, who stands above it all.

Thanks to numerous acquisitions, turnover in 2006 increased by 40% compared to the previous year, to $18.5 billion, the value of 83 enterprises - by 61% to $23 billion - even without taking into account the shares acquired this year in the Hochtief construction concerns (9 .9%) and Strabag (30%) and the world's largest Canadian manufacturer of automotive components, Magna.

As the sole owner of Basic Element, Deripaska is the richest Russian, and Moldazhanova is “his right hand", as she herself says during a conversation in her Moscow office.
>She gives the impression of a fragile and reserved woman; the top manager, originally from Almaty, holds out her business card with a barely noticeable bow. At the same time, Gulzhan Moldazhanova, ranked 22nd among the most influential women world economy and called by the Izvestia newspaper “the most influential female manager in Russia”, she is considered an “iron lady” in her concern. She set a goal for all seven Basic Element branches of “5-6% growth in the next 20 years.”

"We simply buy the company's shares on the stock exchange and then announce it," says Moldazhanova, who, along with Deripaska, travels to Germany and Austria to buy shares "at least twice a month." “We are not involved in a hostile takeover,” she asserts. As for the Hochtief or Strabag concerns, here again “Basic Element” does not claim a controlling stake. This, she says, is about " joint projects and know-how for Russia."

At the same time, both construction concerns can hope for “large orders” for Deripaska’s projects in Sochi, which recently received the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. At the same time, the energetic woman, who grows flowers and avocado trees in her free time, admits that purchasing shares in European concerns and the Magna company was an “important breakthrough.” From that moment on, it became much easier to dispel prejudices about Russian companies in the West. She refused to talk about further acquisitions, and did not comment on the closure of the unprofitable business of the Hochtief company in Germany, which caused much controversy, as well as the plans of the Magnas concern to absorb Ford subsidiaries - Volvo and Jaguar: “These are decisions of their management.”

In Russia, she has “all the powers general director“- this is how Moldazhanova defines her role. What is it like to be a woman at the head of a heavy industry enterprise? “At negotiations in Austria or Germany, my partners have never been women, unlike the USA, France or even China.” That’s where it’s going “ Basic Element" is no secret. Despite the fact that the holding continues to bet on takeovers and acquisitions of shares, these are all long-term investments. And going public, which has become fashionable among Russian concerns, is not an "end in itself" for Basic Element. The shares are being sold to finance major projects and to “continue to strengthen our reputation.”

Matthias Bruggmann
Handelsblatt
9.07.2007

Gulnara Silbaeva, who celebrates her thirtieth birthday this September, is one of the most promising representatives of Kazakh show business. To the Russian viewer talented girl known for her participation in the KVN team “Kazakhs”, which took second place in the 2010 season. What is its fate today and what is known about the beginning creative path actresses?

"Kazakhs"

Since 2000 in major league The team "Astana" performed. kz", which has firmly strengthened its position among other long-livers of KVN. A generation of players has changed, but it has never been implemented main dream- become league winners. The old participants, led by Captain Nurlan Koyanbaev, who works at Channel 31, decided to create new team to implement ambitious plans. So in 2010 the KVN team “Kazakhs” was born. Gulnara Silbaeva was the only girl in the lineup who made a strong statement from the very first game. Despite her fragility and short stature, she sang amazingly in a low voice, risking a parody of Gloria Gaynor, which immediately attracted attention. Lively, fiery, Gulnara moved superbly, played brilliantly in reprises, having all the makings of a sketch show actress.

Vice-champions of KVN

Star cast whole year lived in an atmosphere of humor and KVN, leaving his family and postponing others for later creative plans. Reaching the finals was for them a natural result of perseverance and real dedication. In the final game, their STEM “Mother-in-Law” was recognized as the best, winning the hearts of the audience and the jury. But this was not enough to snatch victory from the team Krasnodar region"BAK - Accomplices." After performing at the Sochi festival in 2011, the band broke up, refusing further participation in the game. Some players remained in the Kazakhstan national team, which left the major league at the end of the 2012 season.

Gulnara Silbaeva: biography of a KVN star

The Russians, admiring the girl’s talent, became interested in how she got into the team. But in Kazakhstan, such a question almost never arose. For a native of Uralsk, Gulnara, already appeared on television at the age of 16, having passed the casting for the first season of the Superstar KZ project and becoming its semi-finalist. At that time, the girl was in 11th grade and was a laureate of many international competitions on vocals. Her date of birth is September 22, 1986. At the age of eight, her mother took her daughter to music school And theater studio at drama theater. Until the age of 16, Gulnara mastered vocals, danced in an ensemble and participated in children's performances. I even tried myself as a presenter on New Year trees. She was so lucky with the studio theater teachers that the knowledge acquired in those years remained her main education in acting.

Gulnara Silbaeva sang classical works, and her successes were so significant that in the 8th grade young talent invited to the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The mother was not ready to let her daughter go to Russia, considering it necessary to complete her school education in home country. At the age of 16, the girl showed independence and took the risk of going to Almaty on Superstar KZ, drawing her lucky ticket. Today she is very critical of her pop singing, but then the whole of Kazakhstan closely followed all the participants in the show, admiring the young talents.

The path to show business

On television project many useful acquaintances happened. One of them is with Nurlan Koyanbaev, who a little later invited the girl to Channel 31. While participating in the show, Gulnara Silbaeva successfully graduated from school. Her certificate was dominated by A's, and sometimes she seriously claims that she could become an astrophysicist. After school, the girl entered the best humanities and economics institute in Almaty - KIMEP - in the accounting department. Later, the girl transferred to a marketing specialist, but upon graduation she did not work for a day in her specialty. She shone on the student stage in KVN, continuing her passion for the game from her school days.

"Channel 31"

After getting on Channel 31, the girl began a difficult period, because the broadcast was carried out on Kazakh language, with which she had big problems. This is one of the vulnerable moments of everyone who grew up on the border with Russia, where the majority of the population communicates in Russian. But the desire to become a TV presenter was so strong that Gulnara, with her characteristic energy, overcame difficulties until the moment she received an offer from Koyanbaev to join the KVN team.

Actor career

After the completion of the “Kazakhs” performances, part of the team began to implement on television the situation comedy project “The Bazarbayevs” (similar to the “Voronins”), where Gulnara Silbaeva also played with Nurdaulet Shertim and Yaroslav Melekhin. The girl successfully starred in music videos and advertisements, and became the host of a weekly program on Channel One “Eurasia” “ Good evening, Kazakhstan!”, interviewing national celebrities: Nurlan Aldan, Beibit Korgan. 2012 brought her success with filming in the TV series Odnoklassniki. This made her extremely popular in the country. The site top-antopos.com regularly conducts reader surveys, identifying the TOP of the first beauties of Kazakhstan. The girl took sixth position in the poll, ahead of her more famous rivals.

In 2013, filming began on Eli Gilman’s film “Milk. Sour cream. Cottage cheese”, where the real acting debut of the Kazakh beauty took place. Actress Gulnara Silbaeva played in tandem with the audience's favorite Linda Nigmatullina, in no way inferior to her in skill. The heroine of Silbaeva is a girl from the village who sells dairy products in the yards big city. An arrogant person from the bank (Nigmatullina) refused the businesswoman a loan. The plot revolves around the fact that the girls switched places overnight: Silbaeva’s heroine woke up in a city apartment, and the spoiled banker woke up in a village. The film took part in a special screening at the Eurasia Film Festival.

Personal life

In an interview, the girl says that in her thoughts she always saw herself as married at 22-23 years old. But the love for creativity turned out to be stronger. Project follows project, revealing new facets of the talent of a star named Gulnara Silbaeva. Meanwhile, the husband has not yet appeared in the girl’s life. But there is a beloved man - Apollo Korchinsky, part-time screenwriter and manager of Gulnara herself. Their photos together can be seen on her pages on social networks.

Today's day

Energetic Gulnara does not have time to surprise her fans. TO interesting facts her biography should be attributed to the beginning entrepreneurial activity, related to the creation of a company for home delivery of healthy food. The girl became seriously interested in sports. This was reflected in her form: the once chubby, plump provincial girl turned into a slender beauty, claiming to be a style icon for young girls. She herself admits that she looks better today than she did 10 years ago.

In addition to sports, she pays a lot of attention to diet, promoting only healthy foods. Faced with the impossibility of ordering such food at home at reasonable prices, Gulnara Kanatovna Silbaeva created a team of like-minded people from cooks, couriers, nutritionists, organizing a service in Almaty proper nutrition called meal.kz. There are plans to cover other cities with the service. The girl always repeated that she could not be office worker and sit in the office from bell to bell. Her active nature requires change, which means that the actress will definitely prove herself in a new, unexpected role.

Often my friends ask how to date Kazakh girls, what traditions THERE have, and how to attract them. I'm honestly tired of answering everyone in large letters, so I composed short excursion into the world of Kazakh dating and relationships. Please add more if you have anything, I’ll be glad!

1. Avoid Borat jokes

The first point is the most important! We have all seen this film. But, to be honest, I didn’t find it super funny. But in some places vulgar and tasteless - yes. But what cannot be taken away from him is advertising Kazakhstan to the world. True, not the most successful.

In any case, even if you thought this film was so funny that you could tear your stomach, you definitely shouldn’t joke with a girl on a date using quotes from it. Wounded national pride will bring her to the slap, and not to bed.

2. Repeat her name. In front of the mirror. Repeatedly.

Aygul, Altynay, Botagoz, Nurgul-Guynur... Among my Kazakh girls the names are very interesting and funny. So it’s better to repeat her name twenty times so as not to get into a puddle.

By the way, it would be a good idea to ask on a date about the meaning of her name - such attention will be flattering. Of course, no one has canceled the classic “fishes”, “suns” and “bunnies”, but on the first date it will look strange. This is Kazakhstan, baby! :)

3. First step: pull yourself together, wimp!

She can be endlessly in love with you and just melts under your gaze, only you will never know about it, because Kazakh girls are more secretive than James Bond. So the first step depends only on you. Otherwise you will have to sleep not with her, but with the window open :)

And yes, don’t forget to buy a flower broom before your date! Without it, a date is not considered a date - just a walk or a get-together. She might also think you're greedy. And that's it - the doors to the bedroom are closed forever.

4. Take care of yourself!

“I don’t know how it is in London, I haven’t been...”, and in Kazakhstan a girl will closely monitor your manners. So you’ll be left biting your nails, swearing dirty, burping and scratching at the painful places at home, alone with yourself. On a date, you should be a gentleman, even if you are not: hold the door, move the chair, ask about drinks and entertain the whole evening!

5. 15 minutes and two hours are the same thing!

Yes, come to terms with it and accept it - if you made a date at 19:00, and she is 15 minutes late - you can go drink coffee, read a book, and sometimes you will have time to watch a movie.

In Kazakhstan, it is a national women's tradition to take time for themselves to better prepare. A joke from the people: “if you are invited to a party, it doesn’t matter what time you arrive - it’s good if it’s on the same day.”

However, the lady most likely will not be late for the plane - she will start getting ready in a week.

6. Come to terms with national cuisine and traditions

Yes, the Kazakhs were the first to domesticate the horse. They are also one of the top three countries that consume horse meat. Therefore, be prepared to try beshbarmak, kazy and kumis made from mare’s milk. Whether you like it or not is not the question. The main thing is to try to make your lady feel good!

7. In the dark, but not offended.

I already wrote about that, but in this case she will most likely be shy. But everything changes under the cover of night and under the covers. Just don't drag her there right after dinner on the first date - you'll get a turnaround.

8. Only you are responsible for dinners

And don’t even think about jumping off by offering to “split the bill the European way.” You're not in Europe. A Kazakh woman is proud and independent, she can pay for a taxi if you are dead drunk, she will sit with you until the morning so that you don’t die, and present cute little things to different dates. But you pay for dinners on dates. Law!

9. Don't be a snob!

You shouldn’t think that Kazakhstan is the wilderness and the ass of the world. Google it, have a look. Yes, at least in the pictures! This is the country of the first cosmodrome, one of the most big countries on the planet, developing by leaps and bounds. Many have higher education and speak several languages ​​(at least two: Kazakh and Russian). In general, it’s a normal country. She will be pleased if you know more about her country than the average tourist who has been blown to Kazakhstan by a fair wind.

10. And she is most likely literate too

At least if you didn’t meet her in the wild steppe. Therefore, there is no need for condescension - the girl can easily communicate with you as an equal. Yes, of course, some narrow topics are new to her, but that’s why you’re a man, so that she’s interested in you.

This whole story... Something similar to mine, that I want to cry... I have a problem... My mother is Kazakh, my father is Russian. My mother lost the support of her relatives when she got married. I grew up in Russia. My only language is Russian. None Kazakh traditions I haven’t been taught anything since childhood except for Kazakh cuisine. That is, I grew up like an ordinary Russian girl, only my appearance is a copy of my mother. There were no Kazakhs among my entourage. Naturally, I married a Russian. She bore him a daughter. Then she successfully divorced him. This is not what the story is about now. After the divorce I thought that I would never be able to love anyone, but time heals. Now I’m dating a guy the same age as 26 years old. We've been dating for 4 years. He loves me and I love him. I'm not going to get married. I don't need all these stamps and seals. I don’t depend on him financially; I have my own apartment. I just love him and enjoy every moment when we are together. But here, unexpectedly for me, a problem arose: his parents are against our communication. I don't want to talk bad about them - they are HIS parents. Everyone wants happiness for their children, especially since they have only one son. But their behavior hurts me deeply. First they brainwashed him. He didn’t stop communicating with me, he didn’t even tell me about it, he was afraid to bother me. Only 1.5 years later, when we went to his parents, his father, having drunk a little, began to ask me to leave his son alone. I was very worried, cried, but decided to simply not pay attention to Sasha’s father. I simply cannot leave my loved one. I didn’t even dare discuss this topic with him. I thought that I was a girl with a child, that’s why Sasha’s father was worried. Time passed, my father did not calm down, he began to insult me ​​and if he had previously asked me, now he began to demand that we end the relationship. All this unbalanced me and I saw that Sasha was also suffering. He loves me and loves his parents. This made it even worse, I felt guilty that he was ruining the relationship with them, I didn’t want him to quarrel with them, but there was no other way. My father insulted me, Sasha defended me, my mother supported my husband. Some kind of fiction began that I was a witch and had bewitched their son. And in the heat of all these events, I find out that the main hostility towards me is because of my oriental appearance. I couldn’t even imagine how much people can hate another nation! But before that I didn’t feel like a Kazakh. I have lived all my life in Russia, I don’t have a “different mentality,” I speak and think in Russian. And even this is not particularly important, what is important is that I LOVE THEIR SON. I have been living with him for 4 years, despite the difficulties. I give them gifts for the holidays, I have never said a bad word to anyone about them, especially their son. And they only care that their grandchildren may be “chocks,” as they say! I try not to communicate with them now. I don't know if I can overcome all this. Sasha is trying to help me, he tried to talk to them, saying that I am his choice, everything is useless. They consider him bewitched, enchanted, I don’t know what to call it correctly. The despair I reached cannot be expressed in words. I do not know what to do. What should I do??? Tell me, maybe I'm missing something??? Maybe there is some way out of this nightmare? Help!