Lydia Gromyko Explained

Birth Name:Lydia Dmitrievna Grinevich
Birth Date:14 April 1911
Birth Place:Minsk Region, Russian Empire
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Nationality:Belarusian
Children:2
Alma Mater:Minsk Institute of Agricultural Science
Known For:Wife of Andrei Gromyko

Lydia Gromyko (Russian: Лидия Громыко; Grinevich (Гриневич); 14 April 1911 – 9 March 2004) was a Belarusian teacher who was the wife of Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989).

Biography

Lydia Dmitrievna Grinevich was born in a village in the Minsk region on 14 April 1911.[1] She was a daughter of Belarusian peasants.[2]

She met Andrei Gromyko in Minsk where they were both 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 (1932–2017) served as a diplomat and was an academic.[7]

Lydia 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] Her husband was the head of the Supreme Soviet from 2 July 1985 to 1 October 1988. She was regularly seen in public which was not common in the Soviet Union.[4] [8] There were rumours that she and Raisa Gorbacheva did not get along.[9] Lydia died on 9 March 2004, at age 92.[1] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Соседи по парте (Neighbors on the desk). ru. Rosenbloom. 3 September 2013. 10 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100310060301/http://www.rpp.nm.ru/zemliaki/so_a-d.html. dead.
  2. News: Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy. 3 September 2013. The New York Times. 4 July 1989. Craig R. Whitney.
  3. News: Soviet Statesman Andrei Gromyko, 79. 3 September 2013. Chicago Tribune. 4 July 1989. Thom Shanker. Vincent J. Schodolski.
  4. Web site: Biography of Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko. Ford Library Museum. 31 May 1974. 3 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Cold War: Biographies. 3 September 2013. GALE.
  6. Book: Ilya Zemtsov. Chernenko. The Last Bolshevik: The Soviet Union on the Eve of Perestroika. registration. 1989. New York. Transaction Publishers. 978-1-4128-1945-9. 183.
  7. Book: Who's Who in Russia since 1900. 1997. Routledge. London. 100. Martin McCauley. Martin McCauley (historian). Gromyko, Anatoly Andreevich. 978-0-4151-3898-7. https://www.routledge.com/Whos-Who-in-Russia-since-1900/McCauley-Mccauley/p/book/9780415138987.
  8. News: Gromyko, Always A Loyalist In The Soviet Leadership, Dies At 79. Philly. 4 July 1989. 3 September 2013. Steve Goldstein. AP. Moscow.
  9. News: Gromyko's Wife, Not Raisa, to Escort 1st Lady. Los Angeles Times. 3 September 2013. 25 May 1988. Reuters. Moscow. live. 21 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200221073804/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-25-mn-3282-story.html.
  10. Book: Мікалай Зяньковіч. Николай Зенькович. Самые секретные родственники (The Most Secret Families). OLMA-Press. 2005. 978-5-94850-408-7. 100. ru. Moscow.

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