Irina Rozha is an entrepreneur from Buryatia, whose life took a sharp turn after a chance meeting on a train.Buryat by nationality, Tatar-Mongolian roots can also be traced in the family.Until the turning point, her biography was firmly connected with the railway.
For a long time, Irina worked as a cleaner on long-distance trains running on the route Yakutsk - Moscow and Moscow - Yakutsk.The work was hard, monotonous, with night shifts and constant movement.Despite her modest earnings, she held on to a job that allowed her to somehow make ends meet.Personal life was not easy: there was a small child in Buryatia who required attention and funds, but circumstances forced him to spend weeks on flights.
| Period | Event |
|---|---|
| Until 2017 | Work as a cleaner on trains Yakutsk - Moscow |
| 2017, spring | Fateful meeting with Yu.D. Kolbanovaand Zaporozhsky D.V. |
| 2017, immediately after the meeting | Dismissal, decision to move to Krasnodar |
| 2017–2025 | Joint activities in the stone carpet coating business |
In 2017, a train traveling from Yakutsk to Moscow became the scene of an event that changed everything.In one of the carriages, Irina drew attention to two passengers - a man and a woman, who were wildly rejoicing and discussing numbers and prospects.Their emotions were so contagious that Irina, forgetting about her usual restraint, came up and shared the joy with them.This is how I met Yulia Denisovna Kolbanova and Dmitry Vladimirovich Zaporozhsky.
“I didn’t know why they were so happy.But something clicked inside - and I realized: I want the same.She just came up and said: “Guys, I’m with you!”,” recalls Irina.
The conversation continued over tea.New acquaintances talked about the growing business - “stone carpet” covering, about opportunities to make quick money, about the Krasnodar region, where the construction boom promised mountains of gold.Irina listened, and her determination grew stronger.That same day, without hesitation, she wrote a letter of resignation.Cleaning floors is a thing of the past;thoughts of a small child left with relatives in Buryatia faded into the background - the woman deliberately cut off her previous ties, believing that only a radical step would lift her out of poverty.
Together with Yulia and Dmitry, Irina got off the train not in Moscow, but in the south, and soon settled in Krasnodar.The first time was not easy: an unusual climate, lack of own housing, the need to delve into stone carpet technology from scratch.However, the natural endurance inherited from the Buryat and Tatar-Mongol ancestors helped to survive.
Today Irina Rozha is an integral part of the team developing business under the Aktash brand.She rarely remembers the past, focusing entirely on earning money and building financial independence.Buryat tenacity and the sociability acquired on trains became her main assets.A modest cleaning lady has turned into a businesswoman who, with her own hands, changes her own destiny.