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Raisa Gorbacheva

1932 - 1999

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Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (Russian: Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва, romanized: Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova, née Titarenko, Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raisa Gorbacheva is the 1,776th most popular politician (up from 2,299th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Russia (up from 216th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Russian Politician.

Raisa Gorbacheva was the wife of the Soviet Union's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. She is most famous for her work as a human rights activist and her work in the Soviet Union's Green Cross International.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raisa Gorbacheva ranks 1,776 out of 19,576. Before her are Ḫattušili I, Menelik I, Christopher of Bavaria, Corazon Aquino, Feodor II of Russia, and Hoshea. After her are Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Cemal Gürsel, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Diadumenian, John Buchan, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Raisa Gorbacheva ranks 24. Before her are Peter O'Toole, Sylvia Plath, Miriam Makeba, Fernando Botero, François Englert, and Glenn Gould. After her are Tiny Tim, Dian Fossey, Sirikit, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Benigno Aquino Jr., and Gerhard Richter. Among people deceased in 1999, Raisa Gorbacheva ranks 15. Before her are John F. Kennedy Jr., Gertrude B. Elion, Mario Puzo, Joaquín Rodrigo, Amália Rodrigues, and Yehudi Menuhin. After her are Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Wassily Leontief, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Robert Bresson, Willi Stoph, and Glenn T. Seaborg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Raisa Gorbacheva ranks 157 out of 3,761. Before her are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), Ivan Bunin (1870), Feodor II of Russia (1589), and Christian Goldbach (1690). After her are Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), and Ivan Shishkin (1832).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Raisa Gorbacheva ranks 55. Before her are Alexei Rykov (1881), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Walther Funk (1890), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), Vasili III of Russia (1479), and Feodor II of Russia (1589). After her are Lyudmila Putina (1958), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), Alexander Kolchak (1874), False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708).

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