Natalya Volkova

The wife of Vladimir, Natalya married him when she was 18, him 37, and they had a son the next year. A few years later she gave him a daughter, Nonna, who is 8 as of 2016. She was pregnant, hence getting married so young, though marrying into a family such as the Volkov family wasn't really a negative for her.

Natalya came from a small farming community and at 15 ran away to Moscow to become a dancer. While she never became a dancer, she did lie about her age and got a job waitressing at a restaurant. She caught Vladimir's eye a few years later and eventually began an affair with the young widow. Four months after her 18th birthday she became pregnant with Yuri and Vladimir insisted that they marry.

More or less she's been happy since then, though sometimes a little overwhelmed by the family. She kept her age, and thus the fact that Vladimir had been involved with a 17 year old, secret up until the move to England.