Historical figures in Tashkent
The atlas holds 7 people and 15 moments here, from 1502 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Islam Karimov, Lavr Kornilov and Shinzo Abe. Among them Political Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Akhmad Kadyrov
in 1982
1 moment here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1954
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Babur
in 1502
1 moment here
Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur was a Timurid prince from the Fergana Valley who founded the Mughal Empire.…
Islam Karimov
from 1960 to 2016
8 moments here
Uzbek political leader who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989 and served as Uzbekistan’s first president from…
Lavr Kornilov
from 1892 to 1897
2 moments here
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was an Imperial Russian Army officer, military intelligence officer, explorer, and general.…
Shinzo Abe
in 2015
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1966
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1502 Exile at Tashkent Babur
- 1892 Assignment to the Turkestan Military District Lavr Kornilov
- 1897 Return to the Turkestan Military District Lavr Kornilov
- 1954 Cancer treatment in Tashkent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1960 Mechanical-engineering graduation Islam Karimov
- 1966 Peace negotiations in Uzbekistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1967 Economics degree in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 1982 Islamic University studies Akhmad Kadyrov
- 1991 Declaration of Uzbek independence Islam Karimov
- 2001 Meeting Colin Powell in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 2010 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 2011 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 2015 Central Asia tour: Tashkent Shinzo Abe
- 2016 SCO security-secretaries meeting speech Islam Karimov
- 2016 Death in Tashkent Islam Karimov