Question: Who was the spouse of the president of the russian republic at the time of the disintegration of the country known for Krokodil?

tuva (; russian: тува́) or  tyva (tuvan: тыва), officially the tyva republic (russian: респу́блика тыва́, tr. respublika tyva, ipa: [rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva]; tuvan: тыва республика, tyva respublika [tʰɯˈʋa resˈpʰuplika]), is a federal subject of russia (a republic, also defined in the constitution of the russian federation as a state).the tuvan republic lies at the geographical center of asia, in southern siberia. the republic borders the altai republic, the republic of khakassia, krasnoyarsk krai, irkutsk oblast, and the republic of buryatia in russia and mongolia to the south. its capital is the city of kyzyl. it has a population of 307,930 (2010 census).from 1921 to 1944, tuva constituted a sovereign, independent nation under the name of tannu tuva, officially, the tuvan people's republic, or the people's republic of tannu tuva. the independence of tannu tuva, however, was recognized only by its neighbors: the soviet union and mongolia.a majority of the population are ethnic tuvans who speak tuvan as their native tongue, while russian is spoken natively by the russian minority; both are official and widely understood in the republic. tuva is governed by the great khural, which elects a chairman for a four-year term. <SEP> Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva ( "Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova", , Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Russian activist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. She raised funds for the preservation of Russian cultural heritage, fostering of new talent, and treatment programs for children's blood cancer. <SEP> On the previous day, 25 December 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers -- including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes -- to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self - governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142 - Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and created the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. That evening at 7: 32 p.m., the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary Russian flag. <SEP> It was founded in 1922, at first as the satirical supplement to the "Workers' Gazette" (called simply «Приложения» [Supplement]); when it became a separate publication, the name 'Crocodile' was chosen at an editorial meeting from among a list of suggested animal names. At that time, a large number of satirical magazines existed, such as "Zanoza" and "Prozhektor". Nearly all of them eventually disappeared. Krokodil (, "crocodile") was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. <SEP> the process of founding the country's public university began on 11 june 1833 with the passage of a law proposed by senator dámaso antonio larrañaga. it called for the creation of nine academic departments; the president of the republic would pass a decree formally creating the departments once the majority of them were in operation. in 1836, the house of general studies was formed, housing the departments of latin, philosophy, mathematics, theology and jurisprudence. on 27 may 1838, manuel oribe passed a decree establishing the greater university of the republic. that decree had few practical effects, given the institutional instability of the oriental republic of the uruguay at that time.