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Tribute exhibition to the USSR’s first lady

Published: 18 September, 2009, 21:40


Raisa Gorbacheva (Photo from www.gorby.ru)

She was the first public figure among the wives of Soviet leaders. An exhibit dedicated to the memory of the USSR’s first lady, Raisa Gorbacheva, opened on Friday in St. Petersburg about the life of this special woman.

 
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