Polina Shumina

Polina Igorevna Shumina (x|Russian: Полина Игоревна Шумина; born 1 February 1984) is a fictional character portrayed by Ekaterina Andreyeva in the x|Channel One Russia serial drama Krasnovy. The younger child of Alexander Krasnov's business rival Igor Shumin, Polina is the best friend of Natasha Krasnova and brother of Nikolai Shumin. A model and socialite, Polina shies away from the corrupt business practices of her family and friends, but after the arrest of her father and suicide of her mother, her brother's plans for redemption reel her into the other side.

Character background and personality
Polina was born on 1 February 1984 in x|Moscow to parents Igor Shumin and Maria Shumina. Her father was an oil baron and CEO of Shumin Company, but Polina has been disinterested in following in her father's footsteps ever since childhood. Polina had a privileged upbringing, attending the exclusive boarding school x|Collège du Léman in x|Switzerland, where she became best friends with Natasha Krasnova, the daughter of Igor's business rival Alexander Krasnov of Krasnov Industries, and later receiving her bachelor's degree from the x|University of Southern California in x|Los Angeles, California, U.S.

After her father's arrest and mother's suicide two years premiere to the series premiere, Polina's elder brother Nikolai Shumin becomes the new CEO of Shumin Company. Polina is generally a compassionate and understanding person, contrasting greatly with the manipulative and smooth-talking Krasnov family. However, like the Krasnov family, she believes in family above all, and will choose her family over anyone else.