Distinctively among Soviet leaders, Mikhail Gorbachev He made no secret of his warm and supportive relationship with his wife Raisa. Her confident air and sense of style made Raisa a celebrity. She defied dowry stereotypes, retired Soviet leader‘Wives. But she was too much for Gorbachev.
“We walked our whole lives holding hands,” Gorbachev said in a 2012 documentary. “There was something wonderful about him…” The couple met as students in the early 1950s. Gorbachev was sometimes depicted as a hen, with Raisa as the power behind the throne. But he vehemently denied this in his memoirs. Her diverse wardrobe of fitted suits and fur coats was controversial even in a country where such stylish clothing was inaccessible to most women.
She later revealed that she would quietly sell her clothes after a few days at a secondhand store because Gorbachev’s salary as general secretary was not up to many organizations.
“We walked our whole lives holding hands,” Gorbachev said in a 2012 documentary. “There was something wonderful about him…” The couple met as students in the early 1950s. Gorbachev was sometimes depicted as a hen, with Raisa as the power behind the throne. But he vehemently denied this in his memoirs. Her diverse wardrobe of fitted suits and fur coats was controversial even in a country where such stylish clothing was inaccessible to most women.
She later revealed that she would quietly sell her clothes after a few days at a secondhand store because Gorbachev’s salary as general secretary was not up to many organizations.