Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светла́на Влади́мировна Медве́дева, pronounced [svʲɪˈtlanə vlədʲɪˈmʲirəvnə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə]; née Linnik, Russian: Линник) (born 15 March 1965), is the wife of current Russian Prime minister and former President Dmitry Medvedev.
Svetlana Linnik was born into a military family in Kronstadt, a town administered by Leningrad. She was the youngest daughter of her parents.
Svetlana was active in extracurricular a...
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Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светла́на Влади́мировна Медве́дева, pronounced [svʲɪˈtlanə vlədʲɪˈmʲirəvnə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə]; née Linnik, Russian: Линник) (born 15 March 1965), is the wife of current Russian Prime minister and former President Dmitry Medvedev.
Svetlana Linnik was born into a military family in Kronstadt, a town administered by Leningrad. She was the youngest daughter of her parents.
Svetlana was active in extracurricular activities in school and took active part in school-held KVNs, spectacles, performances and other events. She met her future husband in middle school #305, in Kupchino, near Leningrad.
In 1987, she began study at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance. In her first year of university, she switched to evening courses and started working full time. The Medvedevs married in 1993, after they had completed their studies. In 1995, she gave birth to their son Ilya and stopped working. In the same year she was baptized into the...
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