Moscow in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 24 people and 56 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Ho Chi Minh and Leon Trotsky.
Notable people
Alexander Prokhorov
in 1939
1 moment here
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…
Bertrand Russell
in 1920
1 moment here
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Chiang Kai-shek
in 1923
1 moment here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Claude Simon
in 1937
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1926
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Diego Rivera
from 1927 to 1928
2 moments here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
H. G. Wells
in 1920
1 moment here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1923 to 1932
5 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Igor Tamm
from 1922 to 1934
3 moments here
Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1927
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jomo Kenyatta
from 1929 to 1932
2 moments here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Joseph Stalin
from 1924 to 1934
2 moments here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
José Raúl Capablanca
from 1925 to 1936
3 moments here
Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…
Le Corbusier
in 1928
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Leon Trotsky
from 1918 to 1927
3 moments here
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Lev Landau
from 1937 to 1938
2 moments here
Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…
Maxim Gorky
from 1928 to 1932
3 moments here
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Mikhail Frunze
from 1921 to 1925
3 moments here
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…
Nikita Khrushchev
from 1925 to 1934
3 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…
P. L. Travers
in 1932
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1930
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Soong Ching-ling
from 1927 to 1928
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…
Vladimir Lenin
from 1918 to 1923
11 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Zhou Enlai
from 1928 to 1939
2 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Moments
- 1918 Moved into the Moscow Kremlin Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Lodged at Hotel National Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Travelled to Moscow by night train Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Attended the Khodynka Field parade Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Shot outside the Michelson Plant Vladimir Lenin
- 1918 Return to Moscow from eastern front Leon Trotsky
- 1918 Returned to Moscow after recovery Vladimir Lenin
- 1919 Robbed en route to Sokolniki Vladimir Lenin
- 1919 VIIIth Party Congress Leon Trotsky
- 1919 Addressed the First Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
- 1919 Recorded speeches at Tsentropechat Vladimir Lenin
- 1920 British delegation to Soviet Russia Bertrand Russell
- 1920 Meeting with Lenin at the Kremlin H. G. Wells
- 1921 Tenth Communist Party Congress Mikhail Frunze
- 1922 Return to Moscow Igor Tamm
- 1922 Returned to Moscow Vladimir Lenin
- 1923 Soviet political and military study Chiang Kai-shek
- 1923 Departure for Moscow Ho Chi Minh
- 1923 Begins teaching at Second Moscow State University Igor Tamm
- 1923 Made final Kremlin visit Vladimir Lenin
- 1924 Lenin's funeral Ho Chi Minh
- 1924 Meets Lakoba at the Thirteenth Party Congress Joseph Stalin
- 1924 Fifth Comintern Congress Ho Chi Minh
- 1924 October Revolution anniversary parade Mikhail Frunze
- 1925 Moscow tournament José Raúl Capablanca
- 1925 Party delegate in Moscow Nikita Khrushchev
- 1925 Death during surgery Mikhail Frunze
- 1926 Study at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Deng Xiaoping
- 1927 October Revolution anniversary visit Diego Rivera
- 1927 Return to Moscow after leaving Canton Ho Chi Minh
- 1927 Arrival in Moscow Soong Ching-ling
- 1927 Visit to the Soviet Union Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1927 Moscow street demonstration Leon Trotsky
- 1928 Works and teaches in Moscow Diego Rivera
- 1928 Moscow professional visit Le Corbusier
- 1928 Meeting with Stalin at the Kremlin Soong Ching-ling
- 1928 Sixth CCP Congress in Moscow Zhou Enlai
- 1928 Arrival at Belorussky-Baltiysky station Maxim Gorky
- 1929 First visit to Moscow Jomo Kenyatta
- 1929 Enrollment at Stalin Industrial Academy Nikita Khrushchev
- 1930 Visits Moscow Rabindranath Tagore
- 1931 Sportintern anniversary at Red Square Maxim Gorky
- 1932 Study and teaching at the Lenin Institute Ho Chi Minh
- 1932 Study at Communist University Jomo Kenyatta
- 1932 Residence at Ryabushinsky Mansion Maxim Gorky
- 1932 Organised Soviet Union tour P. L. Travers
- 1934 Head of theory at the Lebedev Physical Institute Igor Tamm
- 1934 Establishes primary residence at Kuntsevo Joseph Stalin
- 1934 Moscow Metro construction Nikita Khrushchev
- 1935 Moscow tournament José Raúl Capablanca