Belgrade in the Cold War
The atlas holds 13 people and 14 moments here, from 1953 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Elizabeth II and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Notable people
Kim Il Sung
from 1980 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…
Elizabeth II
in 1972
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1988
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1980
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1961
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Richard Nixon
in 1970
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1973
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Saddam Hussein
in 1980
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Ali Khamenei
in 1989
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1961
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1953
1 moment here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Sukarno
in 1961
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
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…
Moments
- 1953 Yugoslavia tour Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1961 First Non-Aligned Movement summit Kwame Nkrumah
- 1961 Non-Aligned conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1961 Non-Aligned summit in Belgrade Sukarno
- 1970 State visit to Belgrade Richard Nixon
- 1972 Welcomed in Belgrade Elizabeth II
- 1973 Visit to Belgrade Willy Brandt
- 1973 Working visit to Belgrade Muammar Gaddafi
- 1980 Tito funeral in Belgrade Kim Il Sung
- 1980 Tito state funeral Saddam Hussein
- 1980 Belgrade official visit Jimmy Carter
- 1984 State visit to Belgrade in 1984 Kim Il Sung
- 1988 State visit to Yugoslavia Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1989 Presidential visit to Belgrade Ali Khamenei