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Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of [[List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin|his foreign visits]] including 1997 visits to Sweden<ref>[http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/monarchy/royalvisits/statevisits/19901999.4.396160511584257f2180002809.html The Swedish Royal Court, The Monarchy - State visits 1990-1999]</ref> and Finland<ref>[http://www.tpk.fi/ahtisaari/eng/visits/visitors.html Visitors to Finland]</ref> and a 1999 visit to China.<ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/english/199912/10/eng19991210N112.html Russian President Leaves Beijing for Home]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/history/20070314/61954631.html 1932 - родилась Наина Иосифовна Ельцина] Retrieved 24 April 2007</ref> She made a major public appearance in April 2007 at her husband's [[Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin|state funeral]] in Moscow.
Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of [[List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin|his foreign visits]] including 1997 visits to Sweden<ref>[http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/monarchy/royalvisits/statevisits/19901999.4.396160511584257f2180002809.html The Swedish Royal Court, The Monarchy - State visits 1990-1999]</ref> and Finland<ref>[http://www.tpk.fi/ahtisaari/eng/visits/visitors.html Visitors to Finland]</ref> and a 1999 visit to China.<ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/english/199912/10/eng19991210N112.html Russian President Leaves Beijing for Home]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.rian.ru/history/20070314/61954631.html 1932 - родилась Наина Иосифовна Ельцина] Retrieved 24 April 2007</ref> She made a major public appearance in April 2007 at her husband's [[Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin|state funeral]] in Moscow.
==Later life==
==Later life==
In 2017, Naina Yeltsina launched her autobiography at the book at both the [[Yeltsin Center]] and then in Moscow.<ref name="ria">[https://ria.ru/spravka/20170314/1489901868.html Биография Наины Ельциной] // [[РИА Новости]]</ref><ref>[https://yeltsin.ru/affair/naina-elcina-chitaet-fragmenty-svoih-memuarov/ Наина Ельцина читает фрагменты своих мемуаров] // Анонс Ельцин-Центра, январь 2017.</ref><ref>[https://yeltsin.ru/affair/moskva-naina-elcina-predstavlyaet-memuary-lichnaya-zhizn/ Наина Ельцина представляет мемуары «Личная жизнь»] // Анонс Ельцин-Центра, июль 2017.</ref>
In 2017, Naina Yeltsina launched her autobiography at both the [[Yeltsin Center]] and then in Moscow.<ref name="ria">[https://ria.ru/spravka/20170314/1489901868.html Биография Наины Ельциной] // [[РИА Новости]]</ref><ref>[https://yeltsin.ru/affair/naina-elcina-chitaet-fragmenty-svoih-memuarov/ Наина Ельцина читает фрагменты своих мемуаров] // Анонс Ельцин-Центра, январь 2017.</ref><ref>[https://yeltsin.ru/affair/moskva-naina-elcina-predstavlyaet-memuary-lichnaya-zhizn/ Наина Ельцина представляет мемуары «Личная жизнь»] // Анонс Ельцин-Центра, июль 2017.</ref>


==References ==
==References ==

Revision as of 06:42, 14 May 2023

Naina Yeltsina
Наина Ельцина
Yeltsina celebrating her 85th birthday in 2017
First Lady of Russia
In role
10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byLyudmila Putina
Personal details
Born
Anastasia Iosifovna Girina

(1932-03-14) 14 March 1932 (age 92)
Orenburg Region, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse
(m. 1956; died 2007)
Children2, including Tatyana Yumasheva

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

Early life and education

Naina Yeltsina was born in the Orenburg Oblast in 1932. After graduating from the construction faculty at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in 1955, she worked with various projects at the Sverdlovsk Institute.

Personal life

In 1956, she married Boris Yeltsin, whom she met at the Sverdlovsk institute, and has lived in Moscow since 1985. They have two daughters, Yelena and Tatyana, born in 1957 and 1960, respectively.

First lady

Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of his foreign visits including 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's state funeral in Moscow.

Later life

In 2017, Naina Yeltsina launched her autobiography at both the Yeltsin Center and then in Moscow.[5][6][7]

References

Honorary titles
Preceded by
position established
First Lady of Russia
1991-1999
Succeeded by