Lydia Gromyko

Lydia Dmitrievna Gromyko (Russian: Лидия Дмитриевна Громыко; née Grinevich (Гриневич); 14 April 1911 – 9 March 2004)[1] was the wife of Soviet leader Andrey Gromyko (1909–1989).

Biography

Lydia Dmitrievna Grinevich was born in a village in Minsk region on 14 April 1911.[2] She was a daughter of Belarusian peasants.[3]

She met Andrey Gromyko in Minsk where they both were studying agriculture at the Minsk Institute of Agricultural Science.[2][4][5] They married in 1931.[6] The marriage was harmonious[7] and affectionate.[3] They had two children: a son, Anatoly, and a daughter, Emilia.[3][4] Anatoly (15 April 1932 – 25 September 2017) also served as a diplomat and academic.[8]

She worked as a teacher and was fluent in English.[5] In addition, she was learned in politics and literature.[5] Her major interest was painting.[5] She was the wife of the Soviet head of state from 2 July 1985 to 1 October 1988.[9] She was regularly seen in public which was not common in the Soviet Union.[5][10] There were rumors that Raisa Gorbacheva and she did not get along.[11] Lydia died on 9 March 2004, aged 92.[2]

References
  1. Profile of Lydia Dmitrievna Gromyko
  2. "Соседи по парте (Neighbors on the desk)". Rosenbloom (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. Craig R. Whitney (4 July 1989). "Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  4. Thom Shanker; Vincent J. Schodolski (4 July 1989). "Soviet Statesman Andrei Gromyko, 79". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  5. "Biography of Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko" (PDF). Ford Library Museum. 31 May 1974. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  6. "Cold War: Biographies" (PDF). GALE. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  7. Ilya Zemtsov (1989). Chernenko. The Last Bolshevik: The Soviet Union on the Eve of Perestroika. Transaction Publishers. pp. 183. ISBN 978-1-4128-1945-9. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  8. Martin McCauley (1997). "Gromyko, Anatoly Andreevich". Who's Who in Russia since 1900. London: Routledge. p. 100. Retrieved 3 September 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  9. "Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet". Rulers. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  10. Steve Goldstein (4 July 1989). "Gromyko, Always A Loyalist In The Soviet Leadership, Dies At 79". Philly. Moscow. AP. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  11. "Gromyko's Wife, Not Raisa, to Escort 1st Lady". Los Angeles Times. Moscow. Reuters. 25 May 1988. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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