The spouses of the heads of state carried no official duties and received no salary. Nonetheless, they attended many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the head of state.
List of spouses Portrait Name of spouse Head of state de jure1 Ekaterina Kalinina(née Lorberg) Mikhail Kalinin 30 December 1922 – 19 March 19462 Mariya Shvernik(née Ulazovskaya) Nikolay Shvernik 19 March 1946 – 6 March 19533 Ekaterina Voroshilova(née Gorbman) Kliment Voroshilov 15 March 1953 – 7 May 19604 Viktoria Brezhneva(née Denisova) Leonid Brezhnev 7 May 1960 – 15 July 19645 Ashkhen Mikoyan(née Tumanyan) Anastas Mikoyan 15 July 1964 – 9 December 19656 Natalya Podgornaya(née Nazarova) Nikolai Podgorny 9 December 1965 – 16 June 19777 Viktoria Brezhneva(née Denisova) Leonid Brezhnev 16 June 1977 – 10 November 19828 Tatyana Andropova(née Lebedeva) Yuri Andropov 16 June 1983 – 9 February 19849 Anna Chernenko(née Lyubimova) Konstantin Chernenko 11 April 1984 – 10 March 198510 Lydia Gromyko(née Grinevich) Andrei Gromyko 27 July 1985 – 1 October 198811 Raisa Gorbacheva(née Titarenko) Mikhail Gorbachev 1 October 1988 – 25 December 1991
List of First Ladies of the USSR
Portrait Name of spouse Head of state de facto1 Nadezhda Krupskaya Vladimir Lenin 30 December 1922 – 21 January 19242 Nadezhda Alliluyeva Joseph Stalin 21 January 1924 – 5 March 19533 Valeriya Golubtsova Georgy Malenkov 5 March 1953 – 7 September 19534 Nina Kukharchuk-Khrushcheva(née Kukharchuk) Nikita Khrushchev 7 September 1953 – 14 October 19645 Viktoria Brezhneva(née Denisova) Leonid Brezhnev 14 October 1964 – 10 November 19826 Tatyana Andropova(née Lebedeva) Yuri Andropov 10 November 1982 – 9 February 19847 Anna Chernenko(née Lyubimova) Konstantin Chernenko 9 February 1984 – 10 March 19858 Raisa Gorbacheva(née Titarenko) Mikhail Gorbachev 10 March 1985 – 25 December 1991