Wives of politicians, conquerors and dictators

Aren't you tired of reading arguments about the style of Duchess Kate Middleton over and over again or looking through new photos of Kim Kardashian?

In any case, I propose to get acquainted with other women who became the wives of politicians - dictators and conquerors.

The men of these women had real power that surpassed the power of today's politicians. The power of today's politicians is ridiculous and insignificant in comparison with the power that Stalin and Hitler possessed, but could their wives get happiness or at least a long comfortable life?

Hitler's Wife - Eva Braun
Eva Braun's family life lasted, on the one hand, 13 years, on the other - only one day. In early 1932, Eva Braun became the dictator's mistress, and only on April 29, 1945, she officially married him, and the next day the couple committed suicide together.

Eva Braun as a child, with her older sister

Stalin's wife - Nadezhda Alliluyeva
The life of Nadezhda Alliluyeva, the second wife of Joseph Stalin, cannot be called happy. She survived 14 years of family life. On November 9, 1932, Nadezhda shot herself in the heart with a Walter pistol. The day before, she complained about her life with Stalin, said that this could no longer continue and they needed to divorce.

Stalin's wife - Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Wife - Mao Zedong
Chinese woman Jiang Qing was first the mistress, and then the wife of the leader of the Chinese communists and the great helmsman - Mao Zedong. Contemporaries called her a woman devoid of moral principles, calculating and cunning, who did nothing for nothing. After Mao's death, Jiang Qing tried to become his political successor, but was defeated. The life of Mao's wife ended very sadly - on May 14, 1991, Jiang Qing passed away voluntarily, having thrown a noose around her neck.

Jiang Qing - Mao Zedong's wife

Raquel Mussolini For 30 years she was the wife of the Duce. During the reign of the Fascist regime, she was portrayed as an exemplary Fascist housewife and mother. On April 28, 1945, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were captured and executed by Italian partisans. Raquel Mussolini fled Italy after the end of World War II, but in 1945 she was arrested in Switzerland by Italian partisans. She was turned over to the Americans and released a few months later.

Carmen Polo, wife of the Spanish dictator Franco, played an important role in the politics of the state. A conservative, ascetic and deeply religious woman, dona Carmen initiated the introduction of strict censorship in the country, was distinguished by her ambition and arrogance. After the death of Franco, dona Carmen created and headed the organization of the followers of the dictator called "El Moviemento". In recent years, Carmen Polo lived as a recluse, apart from her relatives, rarely left home, did not communicate with the press and was not interested in the political life of the country.

In 1943, Augusto Pinochet married a 20-year-old Lucia Iriart Rodriguez... Little is known about the wife of the Chilean dictator. After his death, the press remembered Lucia only once, when in 2007 an 84-year-old widow and her five adult children were arrested on charges of embezzling state property and embezzling $ 27 million.

Khieu Ponnari (pictured left) was the first wife of the leader of the extreme left regime of the Khmer Rouge Pol Pot. Almost nothing is known about the wife of the Cambodian politician. Even how many children she gave birth to Pol Pot.

Sajida Tulfah was not only the first wife of Saddam Hussein, but also his cousin. This circumstance did not prevent her from giving birth to the Iraqi dictator two sons and three daughters.

But who is not at all envied is Sarah, the fifth wife of Ugandan President Dada Ume Idi Amin, the creator of one of the most brutal totalitarian regimes in Africa.To understand what kind of fear a woman lived in, it is enough to remember that one of her predecessors was found dismembered in the trunk of a car, and the other was staged in a car accident.

Such is the life of women close to power, or rather who lived with men who had absolute power. Imagining their path in life, one wonders whether it is really necessary to strive for this very power, if, having climbed to the very top, you cannot find the most elementary happiness.

I would like to finish this publication with a thought, from Scripture - For what good is it to a person if he conquers the whole world, but damages and ruins himself to his soul ...