Ekaterina Furtseva was able to build a dizzying career. She was a successful politician, served as Minister of Culture for many years, but Furtseva's personal life was not happy.
early years
Ekaterina Alekseevna was born on December 7, 1910. The family lived in the city of Vyshny Volochyok (Tver region). Parents were workers, mother was a weaver, father died in the First World War.
After seven years, Furtseva got a job at a weaving factory, where her mother worked. At that time, Katya turned 15.
Career
Furtseva became a Komsomol member and, thanks to her sharp mind, began to quickly advance along the party line. She was sent to the Kursk region to help organize agriculture.
Soon she became the secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, she was transferred to Feodosia. Ekaterina received the post of secretary of the Komsomol city committee, having worked until 1933. During this period, she joined the party.
Later, Furtseva was sent to Leningrad for Aeroflot courses, where Katya met her love. The couple worked in Saratov, and then in the capital, where Furtseva was an instructor in the department of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
During the war, Ekaterina was the secretary of the Kuibyshev city party committee, then for 8 years she worked in the district committee of the Frunzensky district, taking the position of 1st secretary. Her successes were noticed, in 1950 she received the post of secretary of the city committee.
In the next 12 years, Furtseva was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet, then became the secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU. In 1960, Ekaterina Alekseevna was appointed Minister of Culture, she worked in this post until the end of her life.
Later, Furtseva was accused of not understanding art, Ekaterina Alekseevna forbade a lot. She did not allow the Rolling Stones and The Beatles groups to give concerts in the USSR, and banned the play "Live" by Yuri Lyubimov. Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya emigrated, they had to do it, because they helped Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
However, thanks to Furtseva, exhibitions of paintings by Fernand Léger, Svyatoslav Roerich, Marc Chagall, and the Dresden Gallery were organized. The concerts of Simone Signoret, Yves Montana and Goodman Benny's orchestra were a success.
Weeks of Italian and French cinema were held in the capital. Furtseva allowed the artists to tour abroad. Several theaters were created, some of the theatrical institutions that operated earlier received new buildings.
Furtseva died on October 24, 1974. The reason was a heart attack.
Personal life
Furtseva's first husband is Peter Bitkov, a pilot. The marriage lasted 5 years, the couple had a daughter, Svetlana. Peter left Catherine because of another woman.
According to rumors, Furtseva had an affair with Boguslavsky Peter, the secretary of the district committee. He helped Catherine advance in the service. However, for the sake of Furtseva, Boguslavsky did not divorce.
Later, Ekaterina Alekseevna married Nikolai Firyubin, a diplomat. However, the marriage was unhappy. For some time, the couple lived separately, Nikolai became ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Furtseva did not go with him.
After returning to the Union, the spouse began to often cheat on his wife. His relationship with the daughter and mother of Ekaterina Alekseevna can be called tense. In recent years, Furtseva has often relieved stress with alcohol.
