Raisa

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Raisa or Raissa is a common female name in Russia.

Notable people named Raisa include:

Raisa Akhmatova, internationally recognized Chechen poet
Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer
Raisa Blokh, Russian poet
Raisa Bogatyrova, Ukrainian politician
Raisa Etush, Russian actress
Raisa Gorbachova, wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and a fundraiser for preservation of Russian heritage
Raissa Khan-Panni, English singer
Raissa Maritain, Russian-French philosopher and poet
Raisa Modorova, singer from the Altai Republic of Russia
Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cimema actress
Raisa Orlova, Soviet/Russian writer and Americanist
Raisa Smekhnova, former Soviet/Belarusian long-distance runner
Raisa Smetanina, former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion
Raisa Surnachevskaya, Soviet World War II fighter pilot

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