Naina Yeltsina

Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina
Наина Иосифовна Ельцина
First Lady of Russia
In role
25 December 1991 – 31 December 1999
President Boris Yeltsin
Succeeded by Lyudmila Putina
Personal details
Born Anastasia Iosifovna Girina
(1932-03-14) 14 March 1932
Orenburg Region, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)
Boris Yeltsin
(m. 1956; his death 2007)
Children 2, including Tatyana Yumasheva

Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina (Russian: Наина Иосифовна Ельцина, née Girina, Гирина; born 14 March 1932) is the widow of the first President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin.

Biography

Naina Yeltsina was born in the Orenburg Oblast in 1932. After graduating from the construction faculty at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk in 1955, she worked with various projects at the Sverdlovsk Institute. In 1956, she married Boris Yeltsin, whom she met at the institute, and has lived in Moscow since 1985. They have two daughters, Yelena and Tatyana, born in 1957 and 1960, respectively.

Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of his foreign visits, including 1997 visits to Sweden,[1] 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] A major public appearance was the state funeral of her late husband in Moscow in April 2007.

References

  1. ↑ The Swedish Royal Court, The Monarchy - State visits 1990-1999
  2. ↑ Visitors to Finland
  3. ↑ Russian President Leaves Beijing for Home
  4. ↑ 1932 - родилась Наина Иосифовна Ельцина Retrieved 24 April 2007
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