Raisa Gorbachova facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Raisa Gorbachova
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| First Lady of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1 October 1988 – 25 December 1991 |
|
| Preceded by | Lydia Gromyko |
| Succeeded by | Title abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Raisa Maximovna Titarenko
5 January 1932 Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 20 September 1999 (aged 67) Münster, Germany |
| Spouses | Mikhail Gorbachev (m. 1953–1999; her death); 1 child |
| Relations |
|
| Children | Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Profession | Philosopher |
Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (Russian: Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва tr. Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova, née Titarenko, Титаре́нко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet activist and philanthropist. She was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbacheva was the First Lady of the Soviet Union from October 1988 to December 1991.
Gorbacheva suffered from a stroke in October 1993. She was diagnosed with leukemia and died on 20 September 1999 at Münster University Hospital in Germany, aged 67.
Images for kids
-
Raisa Gorbacheva with the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk on a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, June 1989
-
Raisa Gorbacheva in Moscow, June 1989
-
Raisa Gorbacheva with George H.W. Bush and Nancy Reagan at the US-Soviet summit in Washington, D.C. December 1987
-
Raisa Gorbacheva's grave in Moscow
See also
In Spanish: Raísa Gorbachova para niños
