Polina Zhemchuzhina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Polina Zhemchuzhina

Soviet politician

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Polohy, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1970

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina (born Perl Semyonovna Karpovskaya; 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 1949, 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.