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Raisa Gorbachev – first lady par excellence

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On January 5, 2012 it turns 80 years since the birthday of Raisa Gorbachev.

On January 5, 2012 it turns 80 years since the birthday of Raisa Gorbachev.

© RIA Novosti . Sergey Kompaniitchenko / Go to the mediabankA former philosophy teacher, Raisa Gorbachev - the wife of first USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, was widely feted in the West as a symbol of change in the Soviet Union.
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A former philosophy teacher, Raisa Gorbachev - the wife of first USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, was widely feted in the West as a symbol of change in the Soviet Union.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankRaisa Gorbachev died aged 67 after losing a battle against leukemia. Mikhail Gorbachev repeatedly blamed his wife's ill health on the "suffering" and "stress" caused by the failed coup attempt in August 1991, when Communist hardliners tried to remove him from power.
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Raisa Gorbachev died aged 67 after losing a battle against leukemia. Mikhail Gorbachev repeatedly blamed his wife's ill health on the "suffering" and "stress" caused by the failed coup attempt in August 1991, when Communist hardliners tried to remove him from power.
© RIA Novosti . Leonid Palladin / Go to the mediabankRaisa Gorbachev brought First Lady-style glamour into the Kremlin. She displayed an elegance and intelligent self-assurance.
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Raisa Gorbachev brought First Lady-style glamour into the Kremlin. She displayed an elegance and intelligent self-assurance.
© RIA Novosti . Yury Aramotchkin / Go to the mediabankIn a recent article headlined "The Lady of Dignity", the Russian daily Izvestia observed: "Raisa has been the symbol of a country that wanted to free itself from its dreary greyness. People didn't understand her, or perhaps they didn't want to understand her."
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In a recent article headlined "The Lady of Dignity", the Russian daily Izvestia observed: "Raisa has been the symbol of a country that wanted to free itself from its dreary greyness. People didn't understand her, or perhaps they didn't want to understand her."
© RIA Novosti . Yury Somov / Go to the mediabankIn the male-dominated society of the Soviet Union, Raisa Gorbachev was regarded as a busybody who was taking an unhealthy female interest in the course of national political life.
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In the male-dominated society of the Soviet Union, Raisa Gorbachev was regarded as a busybody who was taking an unhealthy female interest in the course of national political life.
© RIA Novosti . Aleksandr Makarov / Go to the mediabankIn her memoirs, Ronald Reagan’s wife portrayed her Russian counterpart as a bossy, hectoring "dogmatic Marxist". Mrs Gorbachev, in her memoirs, stuck to higher global concerns: "All our feelings, worries and anxieties," she wrote, "were just a drop in the ocean of the hope born of those meetings and felt by people throughout the world: the hope of peace and a future for the whole of mankind."
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In her memoirs, Ronald Reagan’s wife portrayed her Russian counterpart as a bossy, hectoring "dogmatic Marxist". Mrs Gorbachev, in her memoirs, stuck to higher global concerns: "All our feelings, worries and anxieties," she wrote, "were just a drop in the ocean of the hope born of those meetings and felt by people throughout the world: the hope of peace and a future for the whole of mankind."
© RIA Novosti . РИА Новости / Go to the mediabankAfter the coup and political exile of her husband, Raisa Gorbachev spent a lot of time becoming involved in charitable activities such as raising funds for hospitals and other charities.
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After the coup and political exile of her husband, Raisa Gorbachev spent a lot of time becoming involved in charitable activities such as raising funds for hospitals and other charities.
© RIA Novosti . Boris Babanov / Go to the mediabankRaisa Gorbachev died aged 67 after losing a battle against leukemia.

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Raisa Gorbachev died aged 67 after losing a battle against leukemia.

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