AKA Raisa Maksimovna Titorenko
Born: 5-Jan-1932Birthplace: Rubtsovsk, Siberia, RussiaDied: 20-Sep-1999Location of death: Münster, Germany [1]Cause of death: Cancer - LeukemiaRemains: Buried, Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Gender: FemaleReligion: AtheistRace or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: First Lady
Nationality: RussiaExecutive summary: First Lady of the Soviet Union
Father: Maxim Andreyevich TitarenkoMother: AlexandraHusband: Mikhail Gorbachev (m. 25-Sep-1953, until her death, one child)Daughter: Irina Mihailovna Virganskaya (b. 1956)
University: Moscow State University Teacher: Moscow State University
Audience with the Pope 1990 Stroke 1991 Russian Ancestry Maternal Ukrainian Ancestry Paternal
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Meeting Gorbachev (1-Sep-2018) · Herself
Appears on the cover of: Time, 6-Jun-1988, DETAILS: Raisa -- A new image for the Soviet Union's overworked, underappreciated women
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