Nancy Reagan maid returned to work at the White House. In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to visit Washington, D.C. since Nikita Khrushchev made the trip in 1959 at the height of the Cold War. Nancy was in charge of planning and hosting the important and highly anticipated state dinner, with the goal to impress both the Soviet leader and especially his wife Raisa Gorbacheva. After the meal, she recruited pianist Van Cliburn to play a rendition of "Moscow Nights" for the Soviet delegation, to which Mikhail and Raisa broke out into song. Secretary of State George P. Shultz
Raisa Gorokhovskaya Raisa Gorokhovskaya Raisa Petrovna Gorokhovskaya (; born 12 February 1932) is a Soviet diver who won a silver medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships in the 10 m platform. She also competed at the 1956 and at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and fifth place, respectively. She was born in Moscow and between 1946 and 1949 studied at a circus school. In 1947 she was invited to train in a diving club and won the Moscow championships in the same year. While she had a strong base in acrobatics, it took her a year to learn