Complex sentence: In the mid- 1980s Megre was married, having a daughter (Polina) and living in Novosibirsk, where, like many other new Russian capitalists, he took advantage of Perestroika and the subsequent collapse of the communist system to launch into an entrepreneurial career.
Split into simpler sentences: In the mid- 1980s Megre was married, having a daughter, Polina, and living in Novosibirsk. There, like many other new Russian capitalists, he took advantage of Perestroika and the subsequent collapse of the communist system to launch into an entrepreneurial career.