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. Zaha Hadid

    in 2004

    1 moment here

    Iraqi-British architect, artist, and designer known for experimental, fluid architectural forms.…

Moments

  1. 1911 In his Saint Petersburg apartment Grigori Rasputin
  2. 1913 Saint Petersburg matches José Raúl Capablanca
  3. 1913 Conducted The Bells in Saint Petersburg Sergei Rachmaninoff
  4. 1913 Visit to the Hermitage Museum Anatole France
  5. 1914 Visit to Petrograd H. G. Wells
  6. 1914 Saint Petersburg tournament José Raúl Capablanca
  7. 1916 Murder at the Moika Palace Grigori Rasputin
  8. 1917 Delegate to the First Congress of Soviets Igor Tamm
  9. 1917 Okhrana headquarters visit after the February Revolution Maxim Gorky
  10. 1917 Returns to revolutionary Petrograd Joseph Stalin
  11. 1917 Presented the April Theses Vladimir Lenin
  12. 1917 Returned at Finland Station Vladimir Lenin
  13. 1917 Visited family graves at Volkovo Vladimir Lenin
  14. 1917 Return to Petrograd Leon Trotsky
  15. 1917 Addressed supporters at Kseshinskaya Mansion Vladimir Lenin
  16. 1917 All-Russian Democratic Conference Mikhail Frunze
  17. 1917 Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Leon Trotsky
  18. 1917 Pressed for insurrection in Petrograd Vladimir Lenin
  19. 1917 Moved into Smolny Institute Vladimir Lenin
  20. 1917 Departure from Saint Petersburg Sergei Rachmaninoff
  21. 1918 Return to Petrograd from negotiations Leon Trotsky
  22. 1918 Survived Petrograd shooting Vladimir Lenin
  23. 1920 Spoke at the Second Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
  24. 1924 Move to Leningrad State University Lev Landau
  25. 1931 Return to Leningrad Lev Landau
  26. 1934 Physics student at Leningrad State University Alexander Prokhorov
  27. 1934 Scientific visit to Leningrad Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  28. 1959 Industrial visit in Leningrad Ahmed Sékou Touré
  29. 1962 Return visit to Leningrad Igor Stravinsky
  30. 1967 International tour performance in Leningrad Mercedes Sosa
  31. 1969 Visit to Leningrad Margaret Thatcher
  32. 1970 COSPAR conference arrival Neil Armstrong
  33. 1975 Postflight visit to Leningrad Alexei Leonov
  34. 1981 Graduation in Leningrad Aslan Maskhadov
  35. 1986 Visit to Leningrad Mathieu Kérékou
  36. 1990 Visits Leningrad Ronald Reagan
  37. 1991 Meetings in Saint Petersburg and Kronstadt Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  38. 1992 Rally on Palace Square Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  39. 1994 Visited Saint Petersburg Elizabeth II
  40. 2003 EU–Russia summit in Saint Petersburg Jacques Chirac
  41. 2004 Speech at Saint Petersburg City Court Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  42. 2004 Pritzker Prize ceremony Zaha Hadid
  43. 2006 G8 outreach summit Manmohan Singh
  44. 2018 St. Petersburg Economic Forum Shinzo Abe

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