Moscow in the Space Age

The atlas holds 87 people and 173 moments here, from 1957 to 2022. The most recorded lives are Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Notable people

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…
Shinzo Abe
from 2013 to 2019
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
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
in 1957
1 moment 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…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2017
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
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 1960 to 1963
2 moments here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
from 1964 to 2022
8 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…
Yuri Gagarin
from 1957 to 1961
4 moments here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
from 1972 to 1974
2 moments here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…

Moscow in the Space Age

Notable people

Satyendra Nath Bose

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Shinzo Abe

Siad Barre

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Soong Ching-ling

Toshiro Mifune

Trần Đại Quang

Umm Kulthum

U Thant

Vasily Shukshin

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Willy Brandt

Yuri Gagarin

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Moments

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