Rozalia Vynnychenko

Wife of the first Ukrainian president

Rozalia Vynnychenko Розалія Вінниченко

First Lady of Ukraine
In role 1919
President	Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded by	Oleksandra Skoropadska
Succeeded by	Olha Petliura

Personal details
Born	(1886-07-26)26 July 1886 Oryol, Russia
Died	26 February 1959(1959-02-26) (aged 72) Mougins, France
Spouse	Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Alma mater	Sorbonne University
Occupation	Former First Lady of Ukraine

Rozalia Yakovlevna Vynnychenko (née: Lifshits (Ukrainian: Ліфшиць); 26 July 1886 – 6 February 1959) was a spouse of Ukrainian political leader Volodymyr Vynnychenko.

Born to a Russian Jewish family in Oryol, Russia, in 1909 Lifshits graduated from the Medical faculty of Sorbonne University.

In 1909 Vynnychenko met with Rozalia in Cavi di Lavagna visiting the Russian philosopher Boris Yakovenko who was married to Rozalia's sister Vera.^[1]