Historical figures in Moscow
The atlas holds 129 people and 322 moments here, from 1672 to 2022. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Alexei Navalny and Nikita Khrushchev. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Educators, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Lev Landau
from 1937 to 1968
4 moments here
Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…
Manmohan Singh
in 2005
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mao Zedong
in 1949
1 moment here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Mathieu Kérékou
in 1986
1 moment here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
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.…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1965
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Frunze
from 1905 to 1925
6 moments here
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1950 to 2022
6 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mikhail Kalashnikov
from 1997 to 2013
4 moments here
Soviet and Russian small-arms designer, military engineer, and lieutenant general, best known for the AK-47 and later Kalashnikov weapon systems.…
Mikhail Vrubel
from 1889 to 1904
3 moments here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1965
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
from 1976 to 2008
4 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1978
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Napoleon Bonaparte
in 1812
1 moment here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Neil Armstrong
in 1970
1 moment here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1999
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
from 1981 to 2018
2 moments 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 1925 to 1971
9 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.…
Omar Bongo
in 2001
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
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
from 1965 to 2017
2 moments here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Peter the Great
from 1672 to 1722
4 moments here
Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…
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.…
Moments
- 1957 Meeting Valentina Goryacheva Yuri Gagarin
- 1957 Soviet Union journey Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1957 October Revolution celebrations Kim Il Sung
- 1958 State visit to Moscow Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1959 Moscow visit in 1959 Kim Il Sung
- 1959 Pilot training in Moscow Hosni Mubarak
- 1959 Visit to the Soviet Union Haile Selassie
- 1959 Kitchen Debate at Sokolniki Park Nikita Khrushchev
- 1959 Kitchen Debate at the American National Exhibition Richard Nixon
- 1959 Soviet-Guinean communiqué Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1960 Diploma-film production at Mosfilm Vasily Shukshin
- 1960 Beginning cosmonaut training Yuri Gagarin
- 1960 State visit to the Soviet Union Rajendra Prasad
- 1960 Moscow conference of communist parties Ho Chi Minh
- 1961 Moscow visit in 1961 Kim Il Sung
- 1961 Hero's parade and speech Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Moscow press conference Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Moscow International Film Festival juror Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 1961 Red Square appearance after Vostok 2 Gherman Titov
- 1961 World Youth Festival Congress Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1962 Peace Conference in Moscow Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1962 Return visit to Moscow Igor Stravinsky
- 1962 Bolshoi Theatre appearance during missile crisis Nikita Khrushchev
- 1962 Nobel Prize presentation in a Moscow hospital Lev Landau
- 1963 Leads Chinese delegation meeting in Moscow Deng Xiaoping
- 1963 Staff director at Gorky Film Studio Vasily Shukshin
- 1963 Soviet Union tour Fidel Castro
- 1963 Test-ban treaty ceremony U Thant
- 1963 State function during Soviet visit Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1964 Return visit to Moscow Fidel Castro
- 1964 Move to Moscow for study Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1964 Presidential visit to the Soviet Union Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1964 Return to Moscow before removal Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964 Walk through Red Square Che Guevara
- 1965 Moscow arms visit Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1965 Brazil versus Soviet Union Garrincha
- 1965 Friendly in Moscow Pelé
- 1965 Moscow trade-deal visit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1965 Lenin Peace Prize ceremony Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1966 Moscow stopover with Kosygin Indira Gandhi
- 1968 Death in Moscow Lev Landau
- 1968 Meeting Kosygin en route to Paris Lê Đức Thọ
- 1968 State visit to Moscow after the war Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1969 Cosmonauts' motorcade shooting Alexei Leonov
- 1969 Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Poland Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1970 Meeting Kosygin in Moscow Norodom Sihanouk
- 1970 Meeting with Alexei Kosygin Neil Armstrong
- 1970 Military talks and arms deal Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1970 Soviet Union state visit Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1970 Treaty of Moscow visit Willy Brandt