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A fashionista and careerist with a steel character, she caused irritation not only among the Kremlin wives, but also among ordinary housewives. People envied her and composed evil ditties about her. High -size upstart? Proud lady? Who was Raisa Maksimovna Gorbacheva really?

1. Candidate of philosophical sciences

A round excellent student and a gold medalist, Raisa Titarenko came to Moscow from a deaf province. She entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University without exams. It was there that she met her future husband Mikhail Gorbachev. As a magnet, young people were drawn not only to each other, but also to knowledge. Even after decades, the couple retained the indefatigable passion for the study of foreign languages ​​and books.

2. The granddaughter of the "enemy of the people"

I must say, Raisa Maksimovna brought not only a craving for knowledge with Gorbachev. Their ancestors were seriously injured in the era of great terror. The grandfather of the future first lady of the USSR was accused of Trotskyism and shot in 1937. Gasbacheva’s grandmother died of hunger during collectivization.

3. Noble fashionista

Mikhail Sergeyevich once admitted that it was extremely important for his wife to look good in all cases. She never appeared in front of him in a disheveled form. Even at breakfast. Yes, Raisa Maksimovna knew how to dress up so that the whole country froze in amazement at the TV screens. The people later gone to the state that the state spends millions of state rubles on its wardrobe. There were rumors that Yves Saint-Loran was dressing the Secretary General’s wife. In fact, Raisa Maksimovna regularly visited the Moscow Fashion House called Kuznetsk Bridge. According to the sketches of the craftsmen there, all her outfits were sewn.

4. The capricious mistress

If you believe the special services veteran Alexander Korzhakov, who managed to work as a guard of Gorbachev in the 1980s, the first lady of the USSR had weakness for expensive, antique things. According to him, "the bedrooms of the French king would fade next to the boudoir Raisa Maksimovna."

5. Gray cardinal

Raisa Gorbachev surrounded herself with a flock of guards, who were her "ears and eyes." They reported her the latest news and gossip. It was rumored that the wife had a tremendous influence on Gorbachev. At the public meetings, Raisa Maksimovna sat in the front row when her husband performed, and showed various non -verbal signs whether he said correctly or not. Behind closed doors, she directly participated in the development of important political decisions.

6. The favorite of the people

At the peak of popularity, the Soviet people treated Raisa Maksimovna in the best way. However, as soon as she had to get sick, as her attitude towards her miraculously changed. People wrote letters to her and prayed for her health. Before her death, Gorbachev with bitterness realized: "I had to get seriously ill and die so that I would be understood and loved."