Khrushchev's daughter Rada Adjubey: biography, photo

Rada Adzhubei is the middle daughter of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU NS Khrushchev. Having received an excellent upbringing and education, she worked more than half a century in the publication "Science and Life". Today Rada Nikitichna is on a well-deserved rest. Despite her advanced age, the 87-year-old woman willingly shares her memories of her life with journalists.

Parents of the Parliament

Adzhubei Rada Nikitichna (in girlhood - Khrushchev) was born in 1929 in the nomenklatura family. Her father was Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, who at that time served as Party secretary at the Industrial Academy in Moscow. Subsequently, he worked as First Secretary of the Kiev Regional Committee of the CPSU (b), First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, First Secretary of the Moscow Regional Committee of the CPSU (b). In 1953-1964, Rada's father was the First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, and in fact - the main person in the state. Mom of the girl - Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk - at the time of acquaintance with Khrushchev worked as a teacher of political economy in the party school in the town of Yuzovka (now - Donetsk). The parents of Rada Nikitichny played a wedding in the family circle in 1924, however they officially registered their marriage only in 1965.

Brothers and sisters

In addition to Rada, Nina Petrovna and Nikita Sergeyevich had two more children. In 1935 the couple had a son Sergei, and in 1937 - the daughter of Elena. Prior to Kukharchuk Khrushchev was married to Efrosinya Pisareva, who died in the year of Tifa. From the marriage with her grew his son Leonid and daughter Julia. Thus, the Rada had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Sergei Khrushchev became an engineer, engaged in cybernetics and rocket engineering, after the collapse of the Union he emigrated to the United States, where he received the title of professor at the Brown University.

Younger sister of Rada Nikitichna Lena chose the profession of lawyer, worked in the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, died at the age of 37. Consolidated brother Leonid was a military pilot, was killed in an air battle near Kaluga in 1943. The elder sister of the Rada for her father Julia chose journalism as her work, but, disillusioned with her profession, began to work as head of the literary department at the Yermolova Theater.

Childhood, school

How did the destiny of Khrushchev's average daughter develop? Rada Adjubey, whose biography will be described in this publication, was born at a time when her father began to make a rapid political career. Despite the constant employment at work, Nikita Sergeyevich found time to communicate with his family. Soon after the birth of the Rada Khrushchev was transferred to Moscow. The family of the future secretary general of the USSR settled first in the hostel on Pokrovka, and then in a separate apartment of the government house on Naberezhnaya Street. Weekends Rada often spent with her parents at a recreation center in Ogaryovo, where families of many party workers gathered. Her best childhood friends were the daughters of Bulganin and Malenkov, Vera and Volya.

Khrushchev's daughter Rada Adzhubei grew up as an independent girl. Her mother held the post of head of the party cabinet at the Moscow radio-lamp factory and often stayed in the workplace from early morning until late evening. She continued to work even after the birth of Sergei's son. Nina Petrovna left work only in 1937, having given birth to her youngest daughter Lena. The girl was born very weak and demanded increased attention. Caring about her, Khrushchev's wife could not give enough time to the rest of the children. While Rada was small, her step-sister, Julia, was looking after her. Becoming older, she was completely left to herself. I was glad to go to the nomenklatura school located in Arbat lanes. In the same class, the youngest son of Anastas Mikoyan Sergo, member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, studied with her. She liked the school very much, she attended it with pleasure, studied well. After Nikita Sergeevich was appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Rada was transferred to the Kiev school, which she later graduated with a gold medal.

Rada was not surrounded in childhood by luxury. Despite the high position of Khrushchev, his family lived modestly. They did not eat delicacies, did not go on expensive cars, and all furniture in the apartment, which was occupied by the family of Nikita Sergeevich, was official and had tags with inventory numbers. Nina Petrovna preferred to get to work on the tram, and many of her colleagues did not even realize that she was Khrushchev's wife. She was helped by a housekeeper who escaped from the village and, having no home, slept with her owners in the corridor on the chest.

Admission to Moscow State University

After graduation from school in 1947, she came to Moscow to attend the Moscow State University Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei. Her biography contains facts that prove that the influential father did not provide her any help when entering the university. Rada was unusual for her age, independence and decided to choose a future profession without the guidance of the parents. She dreamed of becoming a journalist, but there was no faculty in Moscow State University preparing such specialists. Then a girl who, from childhood, had a weakness for literature, chose the philological faculty. However, Rade Nikitinna was very fortunate: after enrolling in philology, she learned that a new branch of journalism had opened on its base. Without thinking twice, Khrushchev's daughter was transferred to him and began to master the profession of a correspondent. The girl graduated from Moscow State University in 1952.

Marriage, the birth of children

In 1949, immediately after the second course, Rada married her classmate Alexei Ivanovich Ajubeya. Nikita Sergeevich and Nina Petrovna believed that their daughters would start a family early, but they did not oppose her desire. The wedding at the daughter of Khrushchev was purely student: instead of the restaurant, young people were walking at the dacha with the groom's friend, and the tables were set right in the yard. In 1952, Rada Adzhubei presented her husband with the first-born Nikita. In 1954, the couple had a son Alexei, and in 1959 - Ivan.

Relations between Adzhubei and the influential father-in-law were excellent. In 1950, Nikita Sergeyevich helped his son-in-law to get an intern in the sports department of the all-Union newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, and a few years later Alexey Ivanovich was appointed its editor-in-chief. In 1959, the husband of Rada Nikitichny headed the newspaper Izvestia, in 1961 he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU. After in 1964 Khrushchev was removed from power, Adzhubey lost all high posts. His workplace was the department of journalism in the journal "Soviet Union".

Career

After graduating from Moscow State University and giving birth to his first son, Rada Nikitichna Khrushchev-Adzhubei came to work in the journal Science and Life as head of the department of medicine and biology. In 1956 she was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of this publication. At her post, she worked until the very beginning of her well-deserved rest in 2004. After Khrushchev was removed from office, Rada Nikitichna was able to hold on to the deputy editor. Among colleagues, she enjoyed great authority and was at her workplace as an actual leader. With her, "Science and Life" from a boring second-rate publication has become one of the most interesting and readable magazines in the Soviet Union.

Overseas trips

During the reign of Khrushchev Radeh Adjubei repeatedly managed to travel outside the Soviet Union. Nikita Sergeevich was the first in the history of the USSR to take his wife and children on foreign trips. The most memorable was the trip to Washington and New York, where her father was on a long working visit. In the US I was happy and with my husband, who also went on business trips abroad. During one such visit, Ajubaev was invited to the White House, where Khrushchev's daughter personally met John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline.

Life Rada Nikitichny today

Rada Adzhubei, photo of which is presented in this article, lived with Alexei Ivanovich until his death in 1993. Their family union, which many considered a marriage to be calculated and predicted a rapid break-up, was surprisingly strong. Spouses managed to live a soul in the soul for 44 years and raise three sons. Today Rada Nikitichna is retired. Because of old age, she rarely appears in public. Most of the time Khrushchev's daughter devotes to putting in order the family archives, in which many interesting documents and photographs gathered. She is completely uninterested in politics and tries not to lose touch with her younger brother Sergei, who lives in the USA all the time.