Raisa Gorbacheva

Raisa Gorbacheva
Раиса Горбачёва
Gorbacheva in 1985
First Lady of the Soviet Union
In role
15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Spouse of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In role
11 March 1985 – 24 August 1991
Preceded byAnna Chernenko
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Raisa Maximovna Titarenko

(1932-01-05)5 January 1932
Rubtsovsk, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died20 September 1999(1999-09-20) (aged 67)
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Spouse
(m. 1953)
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Pedagogical Institute
Profession
  • Activist
  • philanthropist

Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (Russian: Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва, romanizedRaisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova, née Titarenko, Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet-Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

She raised funds for the preservation of Russian cultural heritage, fostering of new talent, and treatment programs for children's blood cancer.