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Long ago, when just beginning to be friends with Roman Abramovich, he told me a funny story from his military past. After two years of service, he has had to go to the citizen. But in the army, there is such a thing as "dembelsky chord." This is when leaving the army soldiers have to do something useful for his part. And until you complete the job, can not leave. The idea is clear, the man wants to get home, tears struggling to do everything faster. Him with a group such as completing service comrades entrusted to hack a clearing in the forest for the future road. Work - for several months. And they want to home. Question everything, well, what would you do?



says that Roma invented. He divided the forest, which they had to cut down on equal squares, and went to the nearest village. And there, as usual, in the homes of the oven, all the problems with the wood. He said that sells the right to cut timber on the assigned area. And each of the squares sold. The whole village rushed to deforestation. Two days later, the entire vista was cut down. And on the third day Roman Abramovich went home, just with his unit forever. I asked, what did you do with the money. He said that he divided into three parts. One gave the remaining officers. Second, friends who were still serve. A third pile divided the participants dembelskogo chord. Had a lot of money.




That's the story. As of Roman Abramovich in Soviet times hatch businessman.

but it's "buns", even compromat.ru wrote in 2007:

In the early years Abramovich plans matured in my head how to get rich quick. Serving as an ordinary soldier, he showed miracles enterprise. Novel for cakes and sweets traded gasoline in military drivers, and then sold "saved" part of its fuel officers.

On this episode of the biography of billionaire told his army buddy Nicholas Panteleimonov.

- Once we immediately became friends with Roma - says Nicholas. - Served in the Vladimir region, in the town of Kirzhach, missile parts.

According to Nicholas, enterprise future oligarch manifested in everything.

- In 20 years, Roma devised such that other soldiers do not even dreamed of. That's really really extremely cunning man. He then from the air could get money. While the salary of a soldier - 7 rubles per month. It is clear that more and eat not only wants to soldier's porridge and kinoshku go to the dismissal. Here Roma and invented a clever scheme. To soldiers at night a little bit of fuel was drained from each machine and hid the cans at the appointed place. He himself did not take part in this: he was covered, so to speak, from all sides.
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Colleagues future oligarch "customized" he petrol barrels

As soon as it was getting dark, a group of soldiers heading to the garage with canisters with military equipment. They gently poured on May 7 liters of fuel from each machine so that the next morning there was no noticeable shortage of gasoline. Then, at the appointed place shelterbelt capacity left and gone.

- While a liter of gasoline cost 40 cents - says former colleague Abramovich. - Roma selling fuel our officers as part of the 20 cents. And they guessed from the gasoline, but remained silent. After all of this is good: people filled in their "Lada" two times cheaper, and the soldiers get a little money for personal needs. Abramovich has kept the most of the profits, and encouraged assistants to work ice cream or cake. Everyone was happy.

Roma became a trustee of the authorities on all matters. Even then it was clear that he had never lost. But the fact that he will be one of the richest men in the world, and co-workers could not think ...