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
Raisa (film) Raisa (film) Raisa is a short film directed and written by Pavel Cuzuioc starring Cristina Flutur. Moldova. One winter day, Raisa travels into the city hoping to get something that could change her life. Raisa was filmed during five days in January 2015 on locations in Chisinau and surroundings. The script is based on non-fictional stories by Aurelia Zavtoni. Post-production took place in Vienna, Austria. The film is starring Cristina Flutur, who won the Palme d'Or for best Actress in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Raisa was filmed in HD at 25 frames per second on Canon C300. The screening