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 in 1969 Gorokhovskaya worked for 40 years as a physiotherapists, at a Moscow boarding school for children with cerebral palsy. Her first son had the same disability, which motivated her to choose this profession. Since 1992, she competed in the masters category and won 15 European and world titles in diving. Because of her small weight she always preferred a fixed diving platform to springboard. She also competed in masters swimming at the national level. Raisa Gorokhovskaya Raisa Petrovna Gorokhovskaya (; born 12 February 1932) is a Soviet diver who won a silver medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships