Raisa Gorbacheva Raisa Gorbacheva Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva ( "Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova", , Титаре́нко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Russian activist 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. Raisa Maximovna Titarenko was born in the city of Rubtsovsk in the Altai region of Siberia. She was the eldest of three children of Maxim Andreyevich Titarenko, a railway engineer originally from Chernigov in Ukraine, and his Siberian wife, Alexandra Petrovna Porada, originally from Veseloyarsk. She spent her
Francia Raisa in the hit ABC Family drama, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", from its beginning in July 2008, until the series finale in early June 2013. In 2009, Raisa guest-starred on the USA network's TV series "In Plain Sight" and co-starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called "Boo", which aired on YouTube. Raisa appeared in a music video for pop duo Savvy & Mandy and guest starred in the second season of "". In 2013, Raisa starred in the Christmas-themed movie "Christmas Bounty" alongside Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Since early 2018, Raisa has starred in the