Moscow in the Cold War
The atlas holds 17 people and 35 moments here, from 1948 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Yuri Gagarin, Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbacheva.
Notable people
Yuri Gagarin
from 1950 to 1961
5 moments here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1950 to 1991
5 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1949 to 1988
5 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Indira Gandhi
from 1966 to 1984
3 moments here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1988 to 1990
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Fidel Castro
from 1963 to 1964
2 moments here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1950 to 1960
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Golda Meir
in 1948
2 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Joseph Stalin
in 1953
1 moment here
Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…
Mao Zedong
in 1949
1 moment here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Che Guevara
in 1964
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Neil Armstrong
in 1970
1 moment here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1991
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1955
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…
Diego Maradona
in 1990
1 moment here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Corazon Aquino
in 1987
1 moment here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Umm Kulthum
in 1970
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Moments
- 1948 Israeli mission in Moscow Golda Meir
- 1948 Rosh Hashanah at Moscow Choral Synagogue Golda Meir
- 1949 Begins university study Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1949 First Moscow visit Mao Zedong
- 1950 Arrival for Moscow State University Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1950 Moscow State University residence Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1950 Foundry apprenticeship Yuri Gagarin
- 1950 Meeting with Stalin and Mao Ho Chi Minh
- 1953 Dies at Kuntsevo Dacha Joseph Stalin
- 1953 Marriage registration Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1953 Moves into Lenin Hills dormitory Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1955 State visit to the Soviet Union Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1957 Meeting Valentina Goryacheva Yuri Gagarin
- 1960 Beginning cosmonaut training Yuri Gagarin
- 1960 Moscow conference of communist parties Ho Chi Minh
- 1961 Hero's parade and speech Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Moscow press conference Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 World Youth Festival Congress Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1963 Soviet Union tour Fidel Castro
- 1964 Return visit to Moscow Fidel Castro
- 1964 Walk through Red Square Che Guevara
- 1966 Moscow stopover with Kosygin Indira Gandhi
- 1970 Meeting with Alexei Kosygin Neil Armstrong
- 1970 Arrival in Moscow for planned concerts Umm Kulthum
- 1976 Visit to Moscow during Emergency Indira Gandhi
- 1978 Moves back to Moscow Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1978 Move back to Moscow Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1984 Funeral of Yuri Andropov Indira Gandhi
- 1987 Meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev Corazon Aquino
- 1988 Kremlin reception for Reagan visit Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1988 Attends Moscow summit Ronald Reagan
- 1990 Visit to Lenin's Mausoleum Diego Maradona
- 1990 Meets Gorbachev in Moscow Ronald Reagan
- 1991 START I summit George H. W. Bush
- 1991 Return to Moscow after the coup Mikhail Gorbachev