Prague in the Cold War
The atlas holds 11 people and 13 moments here, from 1951 to 1990. The most recorded lives are Mikhail Gorbachev, Kim Il Sung and Che Guevara.
Notable people
Che Guevara
in 1966
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Doris Lessing
in 1952
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1990
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Jacques Derrida
in 1981
1 moment here
French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…
Jorge Amado
in 1951
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Kim Il Sung
from 1956 to 1984
2 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1969 to 1987
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1986
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1953
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Willy Brandt
in 1973
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
in 1961
1 moment 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…
Moments
- 1951 Letter written in Prague Jorge Amado
- 1952 Political trip to Prague Doris Lessing
- 1953 Visit to Prague Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1956 State visit to Prague Kim Il Sung
- 1961 First foreign visit after Vostok 1 Yuri Gagarin
- 1966 Clandestine stay near Prague Che Guevara
- 1969 Delegation visit to Czechoslovakia Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1973 Prague treaty visit Willy Brandt
- 1981 Prague seminar and arrest Jacques Derrida
- 1984 State visit to Prague in 1984 Kim Il Sung
- 1986 Stop in Prague Rajiv Gandhi
- 1987 State visit to Prague Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990 Velvet Revolution anniversary George H. W. Bush