Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on the 24th October, 1966 in Saratov. Soon after the birth of son, his mother Irina got pregnant again and was deciding about having an abortion. As a result, she got blood poisoning and died. Roman´s father, a builder, also died in 1969 as a result of accident at the construction site. A child became an orphan.
At first, he lived in the family of his uncle, Leib Abramovich, in small town Ukhta, which is 700 kilometres away from Moscow. Roman was growing up together with Leib´s two own daughters. They lived in an one-bedroom apartment and then received a two-bedroom apartment. Leib Abramovich was the head of the enterprise called “Ukhtales” and therefore Roman´s