Anna Chernenko

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In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Dmitrievna and the family name is Chernenko.

Anna Chernenko
Born
Anna Dmitrievna Lyubimova

3 September 1913
Died25 December 2010(2010-12-25) (aged 97)
OccupationTechnician
Known forWife of Konstantin Chernenko

Anna Dmitrievna Chernenko (Russian: Анна Дмитриевна Черненко, née Lyubimova, Любимова; 3 September 1913 – 25 December 2010) was the wife of Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko.[1][2]

Biography[]

Anna Dmitrievna Lyubimova was born into an illiterate family and joined the Pioneer movement and the Komsomol in the 1930s.[3] She was educated as a tractor technician.[4]

She was the second spouse of Konstantin Chernenko; they had three children; a son and two daughters.[3] She served as the director of the University of Culture.[3] In addition, she worked for Moscow cultural organizations for nearly thirty years, particularly in the house on Kutuzovsky Prospect.[3][5] However, she left professional life later due to the objection of her sister-in-law who insisted that she should focus on her family.[6]

Anna's spouse served as the Soviet head of state from 11 April 1984 to 10 March 1985.[7] She reportedly protested over the election of her husband as party leader in 1984, saying "his health would never stand the strain."[4] When a red line was installed in their bedroom following the appointment of Konstantin Chernenko, it was kept on her side of the bed.[3][4] She answered the calls and mostly refused to wake him.[4] During this period she was the patron of Soviet movies.[8]

She was described as a modest, kind, shy and courageous woman.[3][9] She was not a public figure like other spouses of the Soviet leaders[10] and was seen with her husband in parliamentary elections in March 1984.[8] The other public appearance was in her husband's funeral in March 1985.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Черненко К.У. (1911-1985)
  2. ^ Анна Дмитриевна Любимова (Черненко) b. 3 септембар 1913 d. 2010 - Индекс потомака
  3. ^ a b c d e f Larisa Vasilyeva (1994). Kremlin Wives. Arcade Publishing. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-55970-260-7.
  4. ^ a b c d Andrew Higgins (17 January 1993). "Secret lives of Kremlin wives". The Independent. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  5. ^ Isobel Montgomery (21 September 1999). "Raisa Gorbachev". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  6. ^ Lynne Attwood (Summer 1996). ""Hearing a Woman's Voice": Female Perspectives on Change in Russia and the Former Soviet Union". Journal of Women's History. 8 (2): 184. doi:10.1353/jowh.2010.0440.
  7. ^ "Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet". Rulers. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet Leader". Associated Press. 11 March 1985. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  9. ^ Yegor Ligachev (1993). Inside Gorbachev's Kremlin. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-6794-1392-9.
  10. ^ John Regonamanye (24 June 2013). "Spouses of local politicians must come out into public arena". Sunday Standard. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
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