Polina Zhemchuzhina
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Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina[lower-alpha 1] (born Perl Solomonovna Karpovskaya;[lower-alpha 2] 27 February 1897 – 1 April 1970) was a Soviet politician and the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Zhemchuzhina was the director of the Soviet national cosmetics trust from 1932 to 1936, Minister of Fisheries in 1939, and head of textiles production in the Ministry of Light Industry from 1939 to 1948. In 1948, Zhemchuzhina was arrested by the Soviet secret police, charged with treason, and sent into internal exile, where she remained until after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Semyonovna and the family name is Zhemchuzhina.
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Polina Zhemchuzhina | |
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Полина Жемчужина | |
People's Commissar for Fisheries | |
In office 19 January 1939 – 21 November 1939 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Alexander Ishkov |
Personal details | |
Born | Perl Solomonovna Karpovskaya (1897-02-27)27 February 1897 Polohy, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 1 April 1970(1970-04-01) (aged 73) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian (1897–1970) Soviet (1917–1970) |
Political party | Russian Communist Party (1918–1948) |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Vyacheslav Nikonov (grandson) |
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