The main women of Pavel Durov: Alena Shishkova, Irina Bolgar and others

On October 10, Pavel Durov, the creator of two major social networks (Telegram and VKontakte), celebrates his birthday – he turned 40. The world-famous billionaire surprises every day this year with unexpected confessions: Either he has 100 test tube children or his girlfriend had a miscarriage. The arrest of a businessman in Paris and the appearance of his ex-girlfriend, Irina Bolgar, with three children, became big news. Let’s start remembering women entrepreneurs with him.

Irina Bolgar

In July, Irina Bolgar announced that she gave birth to three children from Pavel Durov and has been in a happy relationship with him for 10 years. A lawyer by training, he moved to St. Petersburg in the summer of 2012. She claimed that she met a businessman in St. Petersburg and they started living together in 2013.

Durov moved to Dubai after the birth of his children. Irina and her heirs could not follow him because at that time, due to the laws of the UAE, there was no possibility of obtaining the right to reside on the territory of this country.

She lived in Switzerland with her Bulgarian children. According to the mother of many children, she and Durov remained a couple throughout their stay in different countries. Irina said that over time, Pavel changed a lot, he began to behave aggressively, especially towards children.

She said the billionaire last came to see her in Geneva in the autumn of 2022 and then issued an ultimatum to “force” her to move to the Emirates. However, Irina did not want to go to court with a custody request and gave her word. Durov assured that he would win the war. As a result, as Bolgar admitted, he managed to deprive the businessman of his parental rights.

She tried to reach an agreement with Pavel on alimony in 2024, as Irina explained in her personal blog: “For a month this summer, I tried to reach an agreement with Pavel Durov, inviting him to sign an agreement. Paying alimony to avoid taking the matter to court. He refused to even discuss any amount. He blocked me again, saying his income was zero.”

Meanwhile, the billionaire’s representative denies that he and the lawyer are a couple. According to her, Bolgar and Durov had only a business relationship, she agreed to have children only from him. “Mr. Durov has many children and provides equal support to each of them at the rate of 10 thousand dollars (932,221 rubles) per month. Note ed.),” The New York Times quotes him as saying.

Yulia Vavilova

The press became aware of Yulia Vavilova after the arrest of Pavel Durov in Paris. Together with the billionaire, the girl arrived in the capital of France. After the businessman was released on bail, they began to be suspected of having an affair when they were seen wandering around the city.

Later, Durov confirmed his relationship with Vavilova. The entrepreneur said on his Telegram channel that his girlfriend was pregnant and lost her child. The tragedy occurred during the detention of the businessman. As Pavel admitted, he learned about the girl’s situation from a lawyer only on the third day of his arrival at the police station.

Later, Julia sent him an alarming text message hinting at problems with the pregnancy. “The doctor said that the child’s heart was no longer beating,” Durov said.

Diana Bako

Before Yulia Vavilova, it was known that the billionaire was in a relationship with Diana Bako. The model’s followers on social media came to this conclusion after seeing photos showing a “luxurious life”. Diana did not make any comments on this matter. However, she attracted even more attention when she posted a photo of herself with a round belly.

After Durov’s arrest, the blogger came out of the shadows and admitted to meeting him, Gossipnik reported. Moreover, Bako stated that Vavilova ruined their relationship. She allegedly gained Julia’s trust and began to get closer to Pavel. According to the model, the businessman was experiencing bad influence and was considering leaving. In April, they had a serious fight with the entrepreneur and broke up. Diana did not say who the father of the unborn child was.

Alena Şişkova

Rumors about the love between Alena Shishkova and Pavel Durov first appeared in 2018. At that time, Telegram published stickers with the image of the model. The businessman was also spotted at the blogger’s birthday party. And two years later, the model posted a joint photo on her personal blog, hinting that she had an affair with the billionaire, writing: “Everything is complicated.”

In 2024, Shishkova admitted that she and Durov were connected only by friendship. However, the model did not exclude that Pavel sympathized with her. According to Alena, she was not in the mood for romance then. “We traveled and talked together. We had fun together. He is a closed person, like me. He especially sat in front of his laptop and worked. Sometimes it can be interesting to remain silent towards a person,” blogger Nadezhda shared in an interview with Strelets. He added that he still keeps in touch with the billionaire.

Daria Bondarenko

It is believed that Pavel Durov was married only once. His wife, St. It was Daria Bondarenko, a student at St. Petersburg State University, majoring in history and editor-in-chief of the Studen newspaper. They met when the girl came to the future billionaire for an interview.

In Nikolai Kononov’s book “The Durov Code” it is said that sympathy immediately arose between Pavel and Daria. The girl liked Durov’s “proud profile” and “perception of the world free of clichés.” It is unknown how the relationship between young people developed further, since they kept the details of their personal lives secret.

It is estimated that the couple’s daughter Alina was born in 2009 and their son Mikhail was born in 2010. By the way, Pavel shared an archive photo with a girl on his Telegram channel and admitted that he helped her create a popular messenger.