Historical figures in Poltava
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1709 to 1985. The most recorded lives are Peter the Great, Nikolai Gogol and Dzhokhar Dudayev. Among them Political Leaders and Royalty, across the Cold War and the Enlightenment.
Notable people
Dzhokhar Dudayev
in 1985
1 moment here
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Soviet Air Force major general and the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Nikolai Gogol
in 1819
1 moment here
Nikolai Gogol was a Ukrainian-born writer of the Russian Empire whose life moved between the Poltava region, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and extended…
Peter the Great
in 1709
1 moment here
Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…
Moments
- 1709 Battlefield headquarters at Poltava Peter the Great
- 1819 Poltava boarding-school education Nikolai Gogol
- 1985 Chief of staff in Poltava Dzhokhar Dudayev