Lydia Gromyko

Lydia Dmitrievna Gromyko (; ; [Гриневич]; 14 April 1911 – 9 March 2004) was a Soviet and Belarusian teacher who was the wife of Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989).

Biography Lydia Dmitrievna Grinevich was born in a village in Minsk Governorate on 14 April 1911. She was a daughter of Belarusian peasants.

She met Andrei Gromyko in Minsk where they were both studying agriculture at the Minsk Institute of Agricultural Science. They married in 1931. The marriage was harmonious and affectionate.

Lydia worked as a teacher and was fluent in English. There were rumours that she and Raisa Gorbacheva did not get along. Lydia died on 9 March 2004, at the age of 92.