Svetlana Medvedeva

Svetlana Medvedev, née Linnik (Russian Светлана Владимировна Медведева / Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva, born March 15, 1965 in Leningrad) is the wife of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Childhood and youth

Svetlana Linnik was born into a military family. Her father was a soldier in the Soviet army. She met her future husband already in the first class of secondary school No. 305 know in the Leningrad suburb Kupchino as parallel classes often jointly undertook something. Both went to the same school for years in parallel classes.

Career start and Marriage

After school, she studied at the State Academy of Finance Leningrad. The Medvedev married in 1993, after they had finished both their studies. In the following years the two traveled together privately frequently abroad. In 1995, their son Ilya was born, Medvedeva interrupted their careers. In the same year she was baptized Orthodox. It is not known where and when what they worked after 1996, except that they organized themselves engaged in charitable and social events in Saint Petersburg. In 2006 she initiated the Russian Art Festival in Bari, Italy, which has since been held annually.

Commitment as the president's wife

The Christian leads an organization founded by the Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who cares about the " intellectual and moral culture of the younger generation of Russia". Svetlana Medvedeva was the high church north excellent " Rev. Eufrosinia of Moscow", which is awarded to outstanding Russian women. In addition, she is the patron of a boarding school in St. Petersburg, in the 316 foster children aged 4 to 25 years live. Like other wives of heads of state, it is committed to charitable, such as a collector of donations to orphanages. It has also launched an initiative for a family holiday in Russia rolling.