Naina Yeltsina
Naina Yeltsina | |
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Наина Ельцина | |
First Lady of Russia | |
In role 10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Lyudmila Putina |
Personal details | |
Born | Anastasia Iosifovna Girina 14 March 1932 Orenburg Region,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
Spouse | |
Children | 2, includingTatyana Yumasheva |
Anastasia"Naina"Iosifovna Yeltsina(Russian:Анастасия "Наина" Иосифовна Ельцина;néeGirina[Гирина]; born 14 March 1932) is the widow of the first President of Russia,Boris Yeltsin.
Early life and education
[edit]Naina Yeltsina was born in theOrenburg Oblastin 1932. After graduating from the construction faculty at theUral Polytechnic Institutein Sverdlovsk (nowYekaterinburg) in 1955, she worked with various projects at the Sverdlovsk Institute.
Personal life
[edit]In 1956, she marriedBoris Yeltsin,whom she met at the Sverdlovsk institute, and has lived in Moscow since 1985. They have two daughters, Yelena andTatyana,born in 1957 and 1960, respectively.
First lady
[edit]Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some ofhis foreign visitsincluding 1997 visits to Sweden[1]and Finland[2]and a 1999 visit to China.[3]As a rule, Naina Yeltsina never interfered in her husband's political work; however, in the 1996 election campaign, she met with voters and gave interviews to the media.[4]She made a major public appearance in April 2007 at her husband'sstate funeralin Moscow.
Later life
[edit]In 2017, Naina Yeltsina launched her autobiography at both theYeltsin Centerand then in Moscow.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^The Swedish Royal Court, The Monarchy - State visits 1990-1999
- ^Visitors to Finland
- ^Russian President Leaves Beijing for Home
- ^1932 - родилась Наина Иосифовна ЕльцинаRetrieved 24 April 2007
- ^Биография Наины Ельциной//РИА Новости
- ^Наина Ельцина читает фрагменты своих мемуаров// Анонс Ельцин-Центра, январь 2017.
- ^Наина Ельцина представляет мемуары «Личная жизнь»// Анонс Ельцин-Центра, июль 2017.
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