Polina Zhemchuzhina

Polina Zhemchuzhina
Полина Жемчужина
Zhemchuzhina in 1936
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	Vyacheslav Molotov ​ (m. 1920)​
Children	2
Relatives	Vyacheslav Nikonov (grandson)

Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina^[a] (born Perl Solomonovna Karpovskaya;^[b] 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.
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