Lydia Gromyko
Lydia Dmitrievna Gromyko (Russian: Лидия Дмитриевна Громыко; née Grinevich, Гриневич; 1911 – 2004) was the wife of Soviet leader Andrey Gromyko (1909-1989).
Biography
Lydia Dmitrievna Grinevich was born in a village in Minsk region in 1911.[1] She was a daughter of Belarusian peasants.[2]
Andrey Gromyko and she met in Minsk where they both were studying agriculture at the Minsk Institute of Agricultural Science.[1][3][4] They married in 1931.[5] The marriage was harmonious[6] and affectionate.[2] They had two children: a son, Anatoly, and a daughter, Emilia.[2][3] Anatoly (born 1932) also served as a diplomat and academic.[7]
She worked as a teacher and was fluent in English.[4] In addition, she was learned in politics and literature.[4] Her major interest was painting.[4] She was the wife of the Soviet head of state from 2 July 1985 to 1 October 1988.[8] She was regularly seen in public which was not common in the Soviet Union.[4][9] There were rumors that Raisa Gorbacheva and she did not get along.[10] Lydia died in 2004.[1]
References
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