
ABOUT
Wife of the reformist Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev who she was married to from 1953 until her death. She was also a well-known advocate of Russian cultural heritage.She contributed $100,000 to the charity International Association of Hematologists of the World for Children, which helped to buy equipment for blood banks and to train Russian doctors abroad, an initiative which helped improve Russia's children's leukemia survival rates.Similar to what Michelle Obama is in America, she was "first lady" of Russia.
BEFORE FAMEShe met her future husband in Moscow, where she was studying philosophy.
PERSONAL LIFEShe had one daughter with Mikhail Gorbachev.
FUN FACTSPolitical Wife Raisa Gorbacheva were born on Tuesday, in a leap year, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 364 days until Raisa Gorbacheva next birthday.