Due to mental problems and jealousy, statesmen did not show their halves
If you are married, then you are not a homosexual
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In the Soviet era, only a married man could become a leader of the country, and only family people could make a good career. First of all, this is due to the fact that a married man always has something to lose. Secondly, it gives some guarantee of his dignified moral character. And third, which is not fully proven, the presence of a husband is proof to party members that the leader is not homosexual. But having a wife doesn’t always mean showing her in public. Some secretaries-general prefer not to appear in public with their wives.
Yuri Andropov and Tatiana Filipovna
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was married twice and it was with his second wife, Tatiana Filipovna, that he rose from head of state security to leader of the USSR. Yuri Vladimirovich abandoned his first wife because of the second, whom he met on the eve of the war. The first child – son Igor, was born in the family a month after the invasion of German troops in the USSR, and the second – daughter Irina, in 1947.
Do not think that Andropov forbids his wife to appear in public because he is a domestic tyrant. He is very gentle with his family and for many years he takes care of his wife, who has health problems and literally lives on medication.
The reason why people do not know the wife of the country’s leader lies in her mental state. In 1956, Andropov was the USSR’s ambassador to Hungary, and a bloody anti-Soviet uprising took place. What she sees on the streets of Budapest seriously affects Tatiana’s mind and she begins to fear large spaces and crowds.
This problem causes the wife of the most public man in the country not to appear at events and meetings. But the condition of the beloved woman does not affect the attitude of the Secretary General to her – Andropov is a very caring husband and when his wife is in hospital, he finds time to visit her. He often gave her flowers and even wrote romantic poems about her.
Leonid Brezhnev and Victoria Petrovna
Brezhnev’s wife, Victoria Petrovna, was Jewish.
Leonid Ilyich’s wife had a serious flaw at the time – she was Jewish. Initially, nationality did not play a special role, but after the formation of the state of Israel, real anti-Semitism began in the country. A person with Jewish roots, regardless of his views, is perceived as an enemy of the homeland.
In such a difficult situation, it is indecent for the Secretary-General to have a Jewish wife, and Victoria must constantly justify her rare name at the time. The woman tells everyone that she is named after a friend from Poland who worked with her parents on the Belgrade railway.
Victoria prefers not to appear in public and is completely devoted to household chores. Brezhnev’s wife is in charge of his wardrobe and meals, although the secretary general has personal chefs. His wife guides them, teaching them the subtleties of Leonid Ilyich’s diet, which are known only to her.
Life in the shadows is easy for Victoria Petrovna – she is not interested in politics at all and is indifferent to public events, which she sometimes attends. The wife outlived Brezhnev by 13 years and suffered from severe diabetes in the last years of his life. Unlike the Gorbachev family, almost all the benefits were taken by the Brezhnevs, and Victoria Petrovna lived very badly. She died completely alone after experiencing the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Sergeevna
The affair between the future Soviet leader and Nadia began when the girl was only 16 years old. Stalin, now 37, appears in Sergeevna’s life ready for a new relationship, despite the fact that he has just arrived from Siberia, where he is living with another 16-year-old girl who gave birth to two children when she was only 14 years old.
Yosif and Nadezhda got married and two children were born in the family, whose upbringing was carried out mainly by nannies. Stalin is jealous of his wife even of their children when she tries to pay attention to them. There were rumors that the secretary general might have more heirs, but Stalin forced Nadezhda to have several abortions.
For many years, Nadia suffered from a painful headache, from which the best doctors at the time could not save her. Another quarrel with Stalin is the last straw. It is known that in recent years the leader does not treat his wife very well and there are often serious disagreements between them. In 1932, the Secretary-General’s wife committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the heart.
Stalin’s wife did not want public life and was not interested in politics. But even if she wants to help her husband in something, he will definitely not let her. Joseph Visarionovich does not want to have a second Krupskaya next to him and prefers to make all the decisions himself.
His wife’s suicide strongly influenced the secretary general. It is even rumored that Stalin himself considered suicide. The leader of the Soviet people often visits Alilueva’s grave and it is noticeable that this woman, in spite of everything, means a lot in his life.
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