Anastasia Filatova

Anastasia Filatova
First Lady of the Mongolian People's Republic
In office 26 January 1952 – 11 June 1974
Preceded by	B.Gundegmaa
Succeeded by	A.Daariimaa
Personal details
Born	(1920-02-04)4 February 1920 Ryazan, Russian SFSR
Died	21 October 2001(2001-10-21) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian-Mongolian
Political party	Mongolian People's Party
Spouse	Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Children	Vladislav Zorig

Anastasia Ivanovna Filatova (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-mn, ᠠᠨᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠰᠤ
ᠢᠪᠤᠨᠠᠪᠤᠨ᠎ᠠ
ᠹᠢᠯᠠᠲ᠋ᠣᠸᠠ
ᠼᠡᠳᠡᠨᠪᠠᠯ, 4 February 1920 – 21 October 2001) was the Russian wife of the Mongolian leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal. Keeping a low profile in the 1950s and the 1960s, Filatova aspired to a political role of her own in her later years.

Biography

Career

She relied on the authority of her husband to subtly influence the Mongolian political landscape.

Filatova attempted to impose Russian culture and language on the Mongolians in 1970s.

Later life and death

Filatova lived in Moscow with Tsedenbal after he fell from power and died there on 21 October 2001, outliving her husband by 10 years. Tsedenbal and Filatova had two children, Vladislav and Zorig.

Legacy

The Wedding Palace in Ulan Bator was allegedly built on her initiative.

The Nairamdal Zuslan International Children's Center, located on the Bayangol Valley 30 km from Ulaanbaatar, was built in 1970s, which is the brainchild of Filatova. The center aimed to host international summer youth exchange programs with both Eastern bloc and Western countries. A statue of Filatova is erected in front of the center.

Sources

• Leonid Shinkarev, Tsedenbal Filatova Khoyor: Hair Durlal, Erh Medel, Emgenel (Munkhiin Useg Publishing,Ulaanbaatar 2004).
• Shaken Nadirov, 1984 god (Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, 1995)
• Sergey Radchenko, "Mongolian Politics in the Shadow of the Cold War: The 1964 Coup Attempt and the Sino-Soviet Split", Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 8 (No. 1).