Moscow in the Cold War

The atlas holds 75 people and 144 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Nikita Khrushchev and Konstantin Chernenko.

Notable people

Nguyễn Phú Trọng
in 1981
1 moment here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
Nikita Khrushchev
from 1949 to 1971
6 moments here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1970
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Pablo Neruda
in 1951
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pelé
in 1965
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1949 to 1988
5 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1960
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Ravi Shankar
in 1988
1 moment here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Richard Nixon
from 1959 to 1972
2 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1988 to 1990
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Saddam Hussein
from 1971 to 1986
4 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Salvador Allende
in 1972
1 moment here
Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death during the 11 September 1973 coup.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
from 1950 to 1964
2 moments here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1962
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in 1972
1 moment here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Siad Barre
from 1976 to 1977
2 moments here
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer and president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1963
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Soong Ching-ling
from 1953 to 1957
2 moments here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Toshiro Mifune
from 1973 to 1977
2 moments here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Umm Kulthum
in 1970
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
U Thant
in 1963
1 moment here
Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971). Born in Pantanaw, he taught and served in Burma’s government before…
Vasily Shukshin
from 1954 to 1963
3 moments here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
from 1964 to 1991
3 moments here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…
Willy Brandt
in 1970
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…

Moscow in the Cold War

Notable people

Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Nikita Khrushchev

Norodom Sihanouk

Pablo Neruda

Pelé

Raisa Gorbacheva

Rajendra Prasad

Ravi Shankar

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Saddam Hussein

Salvador Allende

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Satyendra Nath Bose

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Siad Barre

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Soong Ching-ling

Toshiro Mifune

Umm Kulthum

U Thant

Vasily Shukshin

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Willy Brandt

Moments

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