Jackie Kennedy and Nina Khrushcheva are often compared – not in favor of the latter. But in vain!
Nina Kukharchuk, who later married Nikita Khrushchev and became Nina Khrushcheva, is the first “first lady” of our country. The years in this status coincided with a similar position in the society of the first lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy.
Women are constantly compared, and most often it is Nina Petrovna who loses. The criteria are the figure and sense of style: Kennedy in this sense is slimmer, more elegant, and more fashionable. Yes, and she looks much more well-groomed.
You can’t argue with this fact, but we suggest looking at the two first ladies from the other side. Namely, with the human.
People who knew Kennedy or at least once crossed paths with her noted her coldness and tightness. Jacqueline always looked closed and tense, it seemed that she felt insecure, from this she was even more removed from others.
Nina Petrovna, on the contrary, beamed with self-confidence. In any company and at any event, she felt like the mistress of the situation, behaved uninhibitedly, moved freely, and openly reacted in dialogues with her interlocutors.
No, she was not intrusive or tactless. Khrushchev cannot be convicted of impoliteness or bad manners. On the contrary, the first lady of the USSR impressed the Americans with her manners and brilliant ability to support any secular conversation. It was interesting with her, people were drawn to her. This is how she disposed of herself, adding points to her husband.
Her self-confidence did not require any special shell or protection in the form of well-adjusted suits, in which Jacqueline Kennedy shone. And if Jackie was always second after her husband, then Nina Petrovna was on an equal footing with her husband – her faithful companion and partner.
