The spouses of the heads of state carried no official duties and received no salary. Nonetheless, they attended many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the head of state.

List of spouses

No.PortraitName of spouseHead of state de jure
1Ekaterina Kalinina (née Lorberg)Mikhail Kalinin30 December 1922 – 19 March 1946
2Mariya Shvernik (née Ulazovskaya)Nikolay Shvernik19 March 1946 – 6 March 1953
3Ekaterina Voroshilova (née Gorbman)Kliment Voroshilov15 March 1953 – 7 May 1960
4Viktoria Brezhneva (née Denisova)Leonid Brezhnev7 May 1960 – 15 July 1964
5Ashkhen Mikoyan (née Tumanyan)Anastas Mikoyan15 July 1964 – 9 December 1965
6Natalya Podgornaya (née Nazarova)Nikolai Podgorny9 December 1965 – 16 June 1977
7Viktoria Brezhneva (née Denisova)Leonid Brezhnev16 June 1977 – 10 November 1982
8Tatyana Andropova (née Lebedeva)Yuri Andropov16 June 1983 – 9 February 1984
9Anna Chernenko (née Lyubimova)Konstantin Chernenko11 April 1984 – 10 March 1985
10Lydia Gromyko (née Grinevich)Andrei Gromyko27 July 1985 – 1 October 1988
11Raisa Gorbacheva (née Titarenko)Mikhail Gorbachev1 October 1988 – 25 December 1991

List of First Ladies of the USSR

No.PortraitName of spouseHead of state de facto
1Nadezhda KrupskayaVladimir Lenin30 December 1922 – 21 January 1924
2Nadezhda AlliluyevaJoseph Stalin21 January 1924 – 5 March 1953
3Valeriya GolubtsovaGeorgy Malenkov5 March 1953 – 7 September 1953
4Nina Kukharchuk-Khrushcheva (née Kukharchuk)Nikita Khrushchev7 September 1953 – 14 October 1964
5Viktoria Brezhneva (née Denisova)Leonid Brezhnev14 October 1964 – 10 November 1982
6Tatyana Andropova (née Lebedeva)Yuri Andropov10 November 1982 – 9 February 1984
7Anna Chernenko (née Lyubimova)Konstantin Chernenko9 February 1984 – 10 March 1985
8Raisa Gorbacheva (née Titarenko)Mikhail Gorbachev10 March 1985 – 25 December 1991