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

  1. 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.…

  2. 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.…

  3. 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…

  4. Winston Churchill

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  5. Yosano Akiko

    in 1912

    1 moment here

    Japanese poet, author, educator, feminist, and social reformer. Born Hō Shō in Sakai, she became known as Yosano Akiko after her marriage to poet…

  6. Yun Ch'iho

    in 1896

    1 moment here

    Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…

  7. Yuri Gagarin

    from 1950 to 1961

    5 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…

  8. Zhou Enlai

    from 1928 to 1953

    3 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.…

  9. 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).…

Moments

  1. 1988 Moscow performance with Russian ensembles Ravi Shankar
  2. 1988 Kremlin reception for Reagan visit Raisa Gorbacheva
  3. 1988 Attends Moscow summit Ronald Reagan
  4. 1990 Visit to Lenin's Mausoleum Diego Maradona
  5. 1990 Meets Gorbachev in Moscow Ronald Reagan
  6. 1991 Later-life residence in Moscow Alexei Leonov
  7. 1991 Official visit to Moscow Jiang Zemin
  8. 1991 START I summit George H. W. Bush
  9. 1991 Return to Moscow after the coup Mikhail Gorbachev
  10. 1991 Pro-GKChP speech at Manezh Square Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  11. 1991 Rally in Moscow against the Belovezh Accords Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  12. 1993 START II signing George H. W. Bush
  13. 1993 Monthly rally at Sokolniki station Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  14. 1994 Residence at Troitse-Lykovo dacha Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  15. 1994 Arrival in Moscow after rail journey Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  16. 1994 State visit to Moscow Jiang Zemin
  17. 1994 Speech at the State Duma Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  18. 1994 Stayed in the Moscow Kremlin Elizabeth II
  19. 1995 Moscow Victory Day Parade Jiang Zemin
  20. 1995 Received International Leonardo Prize in Moscow Diana, Princess of Wales
  21. 1997 AK-47 anniversary ceremony Mikhail Kalashnikov
  22. 1997 Moscow peace treaty at the Kremlin Aslan Maskhadov
  23. 1998 Law-degree graduation Alexei Navalny
  24. 1998 Maryino residence begins Alexei Navalny
  25. 1998 State visit to Moscow and Novosibirsk Jiang Zemin
  26. 1999 Meets Boris Yeltsin in Moscow Nelson Mandela
  27. 1999 Meeting with Putin Akhmad Kadyrov
  28. 2000 Death in Moscow Gherman Titov
  29. 2001 Financial University graduation Alexei Navalny
  30. 2001 Meeting Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  31. 2001 Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin Omar Bongo
  32. 2001 State visit and Moscow State University speech Jiang Zemin
  33. 2002 Death in Moscow Alexander Prokhorov
  34. 2002 President of Moscow film-festival jury Chinghiz Aitmatov
  35. 2003 Address at Russian Academy of Sciences Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  36. 2005 Indo-Russian defence commission Pranab Mukherjee
  37. 2005 Victory anniversary in Moscow Jacques Chirac
  38. 2005 Victory commemoration in Moscow Kofi Annan
  39. 2005 India–Russia summit Manmohan Singh
  40. 2006 Moscow book-fair news conference Chinghiz Aitmatov
  41. 2007 Official visit to Moscow Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  42. 2007 AK-47 sixtieth-anniversary celebration Mikhail Kalashnikov
  43. 2008 Burial at Donskoy Monastery Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  44. 2008 Death near Moscow Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  45. 2008 International tour in Moscow Hugo Chávez
  46. 2008 State visit to Moscow Muammar Gaddafi
  47. 2009 Hero of Russia ceremony Mikhail Kalashnikov
  48. 2010 CSTO meeting at the Moscow Kremlin Islam Karimov
  49. 2010 Private Moscow concert Amy Winehouse
  50. 2011 Major post-election demonstration Alexei Navalny

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