Moscow in the Space Age
The atlas holds 22 people and 45 moments here, from 1957 to 2022. The most recorded lives are Alexei Navalny, Yuri Gagarin and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Notable people
Alexei Navalny
from 1998 to 2017
10 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Yuri Gagarin
from 1957 to 1961
4 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 1961 to 2022
4 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
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…
George H. W. Bush
from 1991 to 1993
2 moments here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Diego Maradona
from 1990 to 2018
2 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Shinzo Abe
from 2013 to 2019
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1978 to 1988
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1999
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Elizabeth II
in 1994
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
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.…
Hugo Chávez
in 2008
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Kofi Annan
in 2005
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1960
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1995
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Amy Winehouse
in 2010
1 moment here
British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…
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…
Ebrahim Raisi
in 2022
1 moment here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Moments
- 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
- 1993 START II signing George H. W. Bush
- 1994 Stayed in the Moscow Kremlin Elizabeth II
- 1995 Received International Leonardo Prize in Moscow Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1998 Law-degree graduation Alexei Navalny
- 1998 Maryino residence begins Alexei Navalny
- 1999 Meets Boris Yeltsin in Moscow Nelson Mandela
- 2001 Financial University graduation Alexei Navalny
- 2005 Victory commemoration in Moscow Kofi Annan
- 2008 International tour in Moscow Hugo Chávez
- 2010 Private Moscow concert Amy Winehouse
- 2011 Major post-election demonstration Alexei Navalny
- 2011 Post-election protest arrest Alexei Navalny
- 2012 Anti-Putin rally Alexei Navalny
- 2012 Clean Ponds arrest Alexei Navalny
- 2013 Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin Shinzo Abe
- 2013 Mayoral-campaign meeting Alexei Navalny
- 2013 Moscow mayoral-election court challenge Alexei Navalny
- 2017 Anti-corruption protest detention Alexei Navalny
- 2018 World Cup appearance and medical treatment Diego Maradona
- 2019 Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin Shinzo Abe
- 2022 Meeting with Putin Ebrahim Raisi
- 2022 Death at Central Clinical Hospital Mikhail Gorbachev