Historical figures in Saint Petersburg

The atlas holds 49 people and 144 moments here, from 1703 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Vladimir Lenin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Ahmed Sékou Touré

    in 1959

    1 moment here

    Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

  2. Alexander Prokhorov

    in 1934

    1 moment here

    Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…

  3. Alexander Pushkin

    from 1799 to 1837

    8 moments here

    Russian poet, novelist, playwright, and foundational figure of modern Russian literature. This chronology traces documented physical presences from…

  4. Alexandre Dumas

    in 1858

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…

  5. Alexei Leonov

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…

  6. Alfred Nobel

    from 1842 to 1862

    3 moments here

    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

  7. Anatole France

    in 1913

    1 moment here

    French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…

  8. Aslan Maskhadov

    in 1981

    1 moment here

    Aslan Maskhadov was a Soviet artillery officer, Chechen military commander, and president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…

  9. Catherine II of Russia

    from 1744 to 1796

    7 moments here

    Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…

  10. Dmitri Mendeleev

    from 1850 to 1907

    7 moments here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  11. Edgar de Wahl

    from 1876 to 1894

    2 moments here

    Baltic German mathematician, physics teacher, naval officer, and creator of Occidental, later renamed Interlingue.…

  12. Elizabeth II

    in 1994

    1 moment here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  13. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    from 1837 to 1881

    18 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  14. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1861

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  15. Grigori Rasputin

    from 1906 to 1916

    4 moments here

    Russian mystic and faith healer whose rise from a Siberian peasant village to influence at the court of Nicholas II made him one of the most…

  16. H. G. Wells

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…

  17. Honoré de Balzac

    in 1843

    1 moment here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

  18. Igor Stravinsky

    from 1882 to 1962

    3 moments here

    Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…

  19. Igor Tamm

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…

  20. Imam Shamil

    in 1859

    1 moment here

    Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…

  21. Jacques Chirac

    in 2003

    1 moment here

    French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…

  22. James Buchanan

    from 1832 to 1833

    2 moments here

    James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, senator, secretary of state, and the fifteenth president of the United States.…

  23. John Quincy Adams

    from 1781 to 1809

    2 moments here

    John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…

  24. Joseph Stalin

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

Moments

  1. 1703 Residence in the new Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  2. 1717 Return to Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  3. 1725 Death in Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  4. 1727 Arrival at Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  5. 1741 Departure from Saint Petersburg for Berlin Leonhard Euler
  6. 1744 Received into the Russian Orthodox Church Catherine II of Russia
  7. 1745 Marries Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Catherine II of Russia
  8. 1745 Marries Peter in Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  9. 1762 Emperor of all the Russias Catherine II of Russia
  10. 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  11. 1771 Home destroyed by fire Leonhard Euler
  12. 1781 Secretary to Francis Dana in Russia John Quincy Adams
  13. 1783 Death in Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  14. 1796 Buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral Catherine II of Russia
  15. 1796 Died at Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  16. 1796 Dies in the Winter Palace Catherine II of Russia
  17. 1799 Infancy in Saint Petersburg Alexander Pushkin
  18. 1809 Arrival as minister to Russia John Quincy Adams
  19. 1817 Joined Petersburg literary life Alexander Pushkin
  20. 1829 Left Petersburg for the Caucasus Alexander Pushkin
  21. 1832 Arrival as U.S. envoy in St. Petersburg James Buchanan
  22. 1833 Departure from St. Petersburg James Buchanan
  23. 1833 Returned to Saint Petersburg Alexander Pushkin
  24. 1836 Wrote on Kamenny Island Alexander Pushkin
  25. 1836 Moved into the Moika apartment Alexander Pushkin
  26. 1837 Died in his Moika apartment Alexander Pushkin
  27. 1837 Fought the fatal duel Alexander Pushkin
  28. 1837 Moved to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  29. 1838 Entered the Main Engineering School Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  30. 1841 Lived on Karavannaya Street Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  31. 1842 Family relocation to Saint Petersburg Alfred Nobel
  32. 1843 Saint Petersburg stay Honoré de Balzac
  33. 1843 Shared a lieutenant engineer’s apartment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  34. 1846 Lived at the future Dostoevsky Museum apartment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  35. 1848 Boarding school in Saint Petersburg Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  36. 1849 Imprisoned in the Alexeyevsky Ravelin Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  37. 1849 Faced the mock execution Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  38. 1850 Relocation and enrollment in Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
  39. 1850 Enrollment at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  40. 1852 Work at his father's Saint Petersburg workshop Alfred Nobel
  41. 1856 Return to Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
  42. 1858 Arrival in Saint Petersburg Alexandre Dumas
  43. 1859 Meeting Tsar Alexander II Imam Shamil
  44. 1859 Ambassadorial residence in St Petersburg Otto von Bismarck
  45. 1859 Civil-service career begins Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  46. 1860 Returned to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  47. 1861 Arrival for La forza del destino Giuseppe Verdi
  48. 1862 Controlled nitroglycerin detonation Alfred Nobel
  49. 1862 Studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  50. 1862 Marriage at Nikolaev Engineering Institute church Dmitri Mendeleev

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