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Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping

BEIJING, China - File photo shows then Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping (C) pose for photos with then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing when the couple visited China in May 1989.

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Former Soviet Pres. Gorbachev's wife Raisa dies

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Raisa Gorbachev (L) and her husband, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), paying a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, in April 1992. Raisa died of leukemia Sept. 20 at a hospital in Germany at 67. She had been hospitalized since July 25.

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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Hiroshima in 1992

Photo taken April 17, 1992, shows former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), his wife Raisa and Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka as they pose for photos at the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Tokyo in 1991

Photo taken April 16, 1991, shows Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R) and his wife Raisa (L) meeting with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the State Guest House in Tokyo.

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017, with a portrait of his late wife Raisa in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017, with a portrait of his late wife Raisa in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Gorbachev's wife Raisa dies

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Raisa Gorbachev (L) and her husband, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), paying a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, in April 1992. Raisa died of leukemia Sept. 20 at a hospital in Germany at 67. She had been hospitalized since July 25.