The change in the usual way of life that took place in the early 90s, not everyone was ready to accept. Last years We remember the existence of the USSR not only by rapid changes, but also by the rule of a rather young politician by those standards - Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev.
How is the former leader of the country doing now and what are his descendants doing?
The daughter and granddaughters of Mikhail Gorbachev have always attracted the attention of the press. And this is absolutely normal, because the descendants of famous politicians, and even more so presidents, are always forced to reflect the rays of glory of their high-ranking relatives. The only daughter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Irina Virganskaya, is already 60 years old. She married a second time and lives a measured married life with businessman Andrei Trukhachev. 
Irina no longer appears at social events, because she spends most of her free time working at the Gorbachev Foundation, of which she is vice president. Therefore, the daughter of the last president of the USSR has to live in two cities. She spends a lot of time both in Moscow and in Munich, dealing with the affairs of her father's fund.
The press pays much more attention to Irina's daughters - Xenia (born in 1980) and Anastasia (born in 1987). The girls grew up spectacular, even tried themselves on the podium, although the eminent grandfather and mother saw them in a different area. 
Over time, the fashion world stopped attracting girls. Both granddaughters of Mikhail Gorbachev got married, and now they devote all their time to the family hearth, avoiding social events.
Back in 2003, Ksenia Virganskaya married classmate Kirill Solod, but the marriage with the son of a businessman lasted only two years. Then Dmitry Pyrchenkov, the former concert director of Abraham Russo, became Xenia's companion. 
Concerning labor activity Ksenia, then it is worth noting the post of editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the magazine L "Officiel, in which Ksenia Sobchak replaced Gorbachev's granddaughter at one time.
Anastasia Virganskaya married in 2010 a successful PR manager Dmitry Zangiev. According to close friends of the couple, the wedding cost about 1 million rubles. Given the small salary of Dmitry himself, the banquet was probably paid for by Anastasia's loving grandfather. The event was attended only by the closest friends and relatives. Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev himself was also present. 
It is worth noting that Anastasia managed to work in the Grazia magazine, as well as the editor-in-chief at the trendspace.ru portal. She also travels a lot around the world and actively helps her mother in her work with the Gorbachev Foundation.
Now both Gorbachev's granddaughters regularly attend only events related to the work of grandfather's personal funds, as well as their mother, Irina Virganskaya. Therefore, most often you can see the granddaughters of the ex-president in the United States, where the office of the Gorbachev Foundation is located, or in Germany, where Irina Virganskaya lives. By the way, Xenia, the eldest of the granddaughters, also lives in Germany now. 
The first and last president of the USSR admitted in all interviews that he loved only one woman all his life - his wife Raisa Maksimovna. They met in their student years, and since then they have never parted. The children of Mikhail Gorbachev are the only daughter Irina. In his book Mikhail Gorbachev. Everything has its time. My life,” the former president revealed many details about his personal life, including that how many children they could have with Raisa Maksimovna and why she did not terminate her first pregnancy. This happened when their young family was just beginning to exist, and the news that Mikhail Gorbachev's wife was expecting a child came as a surprise to them, but despite the fact that they had long dreamed of children, Raisa had to have an abortion. The doctors insisted on this, because a year before that she had been ill with severe polymyalgia rheumatica and childbirth could have ended tragically for Raisa Maksimovna.
In the photo - Mikhail Gorbachev's daughter Irina Virganskaya
The decision to have an abortion was not easy for them, but Mikhail Sergeevich tried to reassure his young wife, saying that they could still give birth to children, and her health and even life could be irretrievably lost. Only moving to Gorbachev's homeland in Stavropol helped Raisa restore her health, and two years after they settled in a new place, she gave birth to a daughter, Irina. All her childhood and youth were spent in the Stavropol Territory, where she graduated with a gold medal high school and then entered medical school.
When Gorbachev was transferred to Moscow, Irina transferred to the Second Medical Institute. N.I. Pirogova, graduating from which in 1981, became a general practitioner. She was never a practicing doctor - at first she practiced scientific work, and later completely retrained, graduating from the international business school on the basis of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation and became an employee of the International Public Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Research (Gorbachev Foundation).
In the photo - Gorbachev's granddaughters - Ksenia and Anastasia
The personal life of the daughter of Mikhail Sergeevich did not develop immediately. She divorced her husband, Anatoly Virgansky, and raised her two daughters Xenia and Anastasia alone. Eldest daughter Irina Virganskaya in 2003 married Kirill Solod, the son of a famous businessman, but this marriage was short-lived, and in 2009 she again started a family - with the former concert director of Abraham Russo Dmitry Pyrchenkov and gave birth to a daughter, Alexandra, the great-granddaughter of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.
Anastasia, the youngest granddaughter of the former president of the USSR, graduated from MGIMO and works as an editor-in-chief at the Trendspace.ru website. She is married to a graduate of the Eastern University at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy civil service under the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Zangiev. Irina Mikhailovna herself, who after the divorce gave herself the word never to marry again, married a second time - to Andrei Trukhachev, and has since been happily married to him.
Were serious problems with health. At one time, doctors generally forbade her to give birth. However, in 1957, Raisa Maksimovna nevertheless decided: it was then that the only daughter of the presidential couple was born Irina. Where does Irina Gorbacheva live and what does she do now?
The Gorbachevs' daughter was born only 4 years after the parents' wedding. It happened in 1957 in Stavropol, where Mikhail Sergeevich then worked according to the university distribution. In those years, Gorbachev was still an unknown employee of the prosecutor's office, so Irina's childhood was no different from the childhood of her peers. The only thing that distinguished the girl from her kindergarten comrades was her love of books. Irina learned to read at the age of 4, thanks to which she quickly mastered the entire family library. When Irina turned 7, Raisa Maksimovna and Mikhail Sergeevich sent her to the most ordinary high school. Of course, when Gorbachev took the post of first secretary of the Stavropol City Party Committee, his daughter ceased to be an ordinary student. But the high post of her father only spurred Irina: she graduated from school with a gold medal.
Moving to Moscow and first marriage
Irina Gorbacheva always dreamed of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. But the parents were not too eager to let their only daughter go to the capital. Irina understood their concern, so she stayed in Stavropol and entered the medical school. As a student, Gorbachev married her classmate Anatoly Virgansky. When Mikhail Sergeevich was transferred to Moscow, not only his wife, but also his daughter and son-in-law followed him. There Irina and Anatoly graduated from the institute. Subsequently, Anatoly Virgansky became a famous vascular surgeon. But his wife concentrated on scientific activity. She worked in a cardiology center and defended her dissertation, receiving the title of candidate of medical sciences. While Irina's employment did not affect intra-family relations in any way (she managed to give birth to 2 daughters), the constant absence of Anatoly after 16 years destroyed the marriage. It is noteworthy that the eldest 15-year-old daughter of the Virganskys insisted on the divorce of her parents.
Gorbachev Foundation
After Irina's divorce, Mikhail Gorbachev, who by that time was already retired, offered his daughter to head the fund he had created. Irina, well aware of the fact that she might not be able to cope with her duties in the fund, because she absolutely does not understand the economy, entered the Academy of National Economy. Then she was already well over 30. Irina still holds the post of vice-president of the Gorbachev Foundation. According to Irina Mikhailovna herself, the fund, not being a charitable organization, has nevertheless spent more than 11 million dollars for charitable purposes throughout its existence. Precisely in connection with his professional activity Virganskaya often visits Los Angeles, where one of her father's foundation offices is located, as well as in Munich.
Gorbachev's daughter and granddaughters today
Since the divorce from her first husband, work and children have taken priority positions in the life of Irina Virganskaya. However, in the 2000s, Irina met businessman Andrei Trukhachev, whom Mikhail Gorbachev's 49-year-old daughter married in September 2006. Then her daughters from her first marriage were already adults. The eldest, Ksenia graduated from the journalism department of MGIMO, was married twice and now lives in Germany. In one of her interviews, she admitted that she feels free on German soil. The youngest daughter of Irina Anastasia lives in Russia. She, like her sister, received a journalistic education. Both granddaughters of Gorbachev are actively involved in the affairs of the foundation of their eminent grandfather.
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The granddaughter of the first and only President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, Ksenia Virganskaya-Gorbacheva, is getting married to Kirill Solod. The wedding promises to be quiet: only 140 guests are invited. Among the invited German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Vladimir Putin. At a meeting with journalists, commenting on this event at their request, Gorbachev noted that he welcomed the choice of Xenia. "A good family. Something gives off the Russian Old Believer way of life, and from such a family good people come out," Gorbachev said. In turn, the press service of the Gorbachev Fund reported that Solod's father is engaged in small and medium-sized businesses. According to the ex-president, all participants in the celebration have their roles, including him ...
The granddaughter of the first and only President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, Ksenia Virganskaya-Gorbacheva, is getting married to Kirill Solod. The wedding promises to be quiet: only 140 guests are invited. Among the invited German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Vladimir Putin. At a meeting with journalists, commenting on this event at their request, Gorbachev noted that he welcomed the choice of Xenia. "A good family. It has something to do with the Russian Old Believer way of life, and good people come out of such a family," Gorbachev said. In turn, the press service of the Gorbachev Fund reported that Solod's father is engaged in small and medium-sized businesses. According to the ex-president, all participants in the celebration have their own roles, including him. “I have to take Ksanka out and hand her over,” Gorbachev said, adding that it would be hard for him to do this, and tears would surely come to his eyes.
Ksenia Gorbachev is the eldest granddaughter of Mikhail Gorbachev. She studies at the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO, specializing in public relations. Fluent in English and Spanish. Her fiancé also studies there. Rumor has it that her grandfather did not let her go to study abroad. Together with her family, Ksenia often rests abroad. So, she stayed with the Bush family in the United States and with the Kohl family in Germany. Her fiancé was born in Severomorsk, where his father served. After perestroika, their family went to Moscow and decided to settle there. Kirill grew up and entered the faculty of international journalism at MGIMO. In the same place, only two courses higher, Ksenia also studied. By the way, she had a friend with whom she was going to connect her life. But things turned out differently.
Ksenia and Kirill got engaged back in January of this year, according to NEWSru.com, they lived together before the wedding - their parents gave him an apartment. Ksenia Virganskaya-Gorbacheva, or Ksyusha, as both Cyril and his mother called her in conversation, made an extremely favorable impression on her fiancé's relatives. “She is very intelligent, pleasant, not spoiled and not capricious,” says mother Elena Yuryevna. “Absolutely without pretensions, without ambitions, like her mother Irina. It is a pleasure to communicate with them.”
And this year, in March, Gorbachev's granddaughter shone on the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week. She made a splash by appearing on the catwalk in the fashion show of the famous fashion house Laura Biagiotti as part of the Fashion Week in Milan. Milan's "Teatro Piccolo", where Laura Biagiotti traditionally shows her collections, turned this evening into Russian chambers. The motifs of Biagiotti's new collection were inspired by Russia, and the 23-year-old girl, whose resemblance to her famous grandmother Raisa Gorbacheva is emphasized by all experts, walked the podium in dresses made of gilded leather and in a stylized matryoshka attire.
Ksenia came to the attention of the world beau monde in December last year, when she took part in the famous annual social debutante ball at the Crillon Hotel in Paris in a Christian Dior dress. Ksenia received an invitation to the ball from Christian Dior Fashion House. At this event, each of the participants presents an outfit from famous fashion designers. Representatives of Dior commented on their choice: "Each year we choose one young woman and give her a dress from our collection, created specifically for this ball. Ksenia Gorbacheva is a the best combination divine beauty and great fame of his family."
At the debutante ball, which takes place before Christmas, only blue-blooded persons or girls from very wealthy families are invited. Usually there are no more than 30 participants. So, in past years, the daughter of Italian Prime Minister Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of Polish President Alexander Kwasniewska, the Bourbon heirs, George W. Bush's niece Lauren Bush shone here.
