Valentina Matviyenko facts for kids

Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (née Tyutina, born 7 April 1949), is a Russian politician who was Governor of Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2011. She is Chairman of the Federation Council since 2011. She is the highest-ranking female politician in Russia.

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Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko signs joint documents in Greece on behalf of the Russian Federation while accompanying President Vladimir Putin.
French President Jacques Chirac, Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder and Valentina Matviyenko during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg in 2003.
Vladimir Putin and Valentina Matviyenko in 2008.
The Saint Petersburg Dam was completed when Matviyenko was in office. The dam is the last part of the Saint Petersburg Ring Road, with the longest sub-sea tunnel in Russia going below the dam's largest lock.
The construction of the Saint Petersburg Metro gained pace under Matviyenko. (Obvodny Kanal, the newest station, is shown).
The celebration of the graduation from school, the Scarlet Sails, rose to a new scale under Matviyenko and began to be broadcast nationwide.
A collage showing how the controversial Okhta Center skyscraper would look beside the historic Smolny Cathedral by Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
Valentina Matviyenko (top left) on the 80th birthday of singer Lyudmila Zykina (center). Standing (l-r): Matviyenko, S. Morgunova, E. Bystritskaya, S. Medvedeva, V. Tereshkova, Yu. Borisova, I. Rodnina. Sitting (l-r): G. Volchek, A. Pakhmutova, Zykina, S. Druzhinina, E. Obraztsova.