Spouses of the heads of state of the Soviet Union
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The spouses of the heads of state carried no official duties and receives no salary. Nonetheless, she attended many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the head of state.
List of spouses
| Name of spouse | Head of state | |
|---|---|---|
| Ekaterina Kalinina (née Lorberg) |
Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946... |
30 December 1922 – 19 March 1946 |
| Mariya Shvernik (née Ulazovskaya) |
Nikolay Shvernik Nikolay Shvernik Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik was a Russian politician, who was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from March 19, 1946 until March 15, 1953... |
19 March 1946 – 6 March 1953 |
| Ekaterina Voroshilova (née Davidovna) |
Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman... |
15 March 1953 – 7 May 1960 |
| Viktoria Brezhneva Viktoria Brezhneva Viktoria Petrovna Brezhneva was the wife of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. She was the mother of Yuri Brezhnev and Galina Brezhneva.-Life:... (née unknown) |
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in... |
7 May 1960 – 15 July 1964 |
| Ashkhen Mikoyan (née Tumanyan) |
Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the rules of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Leonid Brezhnev.... |
15 July 1964 – 9 December 1965 |
| Natalya Podgornaya (née Nazarova) |
Nikolai Podgorny Nikolai Podgorny Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny was a Soviet Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, or leader of the Ukrainian SSR, from 1957 to 1963 and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1965 to 1977... |
9 December 1965 – 16 June 1977 |
| Viktoria Brezhneva Viktoria Brezhneva Viktoria Petrovna Brezhneva was the wife of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. She was the mother of Yuri Brezhnev and Galina Brezhneva.-Life:... (née unknown) |
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in... |
16 June 1977 – 10 November 1982 |
| Tatyana Andropova (née Filipovna) |
Yuri Andropov Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 until his death fifteen months later.-Early life:... |
16 June 1983 – 9 February 1984 |
| Anna Chernenko (née Lyubimova) |
Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Chernenko Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985... |
11 April 1984 – 10 March 1985 |
| Lydia Gromyko (née Grinevich) |
Andrei Gromyko Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet . Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1987. In the West he was given the... |
27 July 1985 – 1 October 1988 |
| Raisa Gorbachova (née Titarenko) |
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991... |
1 October 1988 – 25 December 1991 |