Raisa Gorbacheva

Raisa Gorbacheva
Raisa Gorbacheva
Раиса Горбачёва
	Gorbacheva in 1985
First Lady of the Soviet Union
	In role; 15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991
President	Mikhail Gorbachev
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position 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 by	Anna Chernenko
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Raisa Maximovna Titarenko; 5 January 1932; Rubtsovsk, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	20 September 1999 (aged 67); Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Spouse	Mikhail Gorbachev (m. 1953)
Children	1
Alma mater	Moscow State Pedagogical Institute
Profession	Activist; philanthropist;

Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (Russian: Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва Romanized Raisa 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.