Saint Petersburg in World War I

The atlas holds 10 people and 18 moments here, from 1914 to 1918. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Notable people

  1. Grigori Rasputin

    in 1916

    1 moment 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…

  2. H. G. Wells

    in 1914

    1 moment here

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

  3. 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…

  4. Joseph Stalin

    in 1917

    1 moment here

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

  5. José Raúl Capablanca

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

  6. Leon Trotsky

    from 1917 to 1918

    3 moments here

    Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…

  7. Maxim Gorky

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…

  8. Mikhail Frunze

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…

  9. Sergei Rachmaninoff

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…

  10. Vladimir Lenin

    from 1917 to 1918

    7 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

Moments

  1. 1914 Visit to Petrograd H. G. Wells
  2. 1914 Saint Petersburg tournament José Raúl Capablanca
  3. 1916 Murder at the Moika Palace Grigori Rasputin
  4. 1917 Delegate to the First Congress of Soviets Igor Tamm
  5. 1917 Okhrana headquarters visit after the February Revolution Maxim Gorky
  6. 1917 Returns to revolutionary Petrograd Joseph Stalin
  7. 1917 Presented the April Theses Vladimir Lenin
  8. 1917 Returned at Finland Station Vladimir Lenin
  9. 1917 Visited family graves at Volkovo Vladimir Lenin
  10. 1917 Return to Petrograd Leon Trotsky
  11. 1917 Addressed supporters at Kseshinskaya Mansion Vladimir Lenin
  12. 1917 All-Russian Democratic Conference Mikhail Frunze
  13. 1917 Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Leon Trotsky
  14. 1917 Pressed for insurrection in Petrograd Vladimir Lenin
  15. 1917 Moved into Smolny Institute Vladimir Lenin
  16. 1917 Departure from Saint Petersburg Sergei Rachmaninoff
  17. 1918 Return to Petrograd from negotiations Leon Trotsky
  18. 1918 Survived Petrograd shooting Vladimir Lenin

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