Historical figures in Saint Petersburg

The atlas holds 20 people and 84 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 Enlightenment.

Notable people

  1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    from 1837 to 1881

    18 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  2. Vladimir Lenin

    from 1893 to 1920

    12 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    from 1848 to 1893

    10 moments here

    Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…

  4. Alexander Pushkin

    from 1799 to 1837

    8 moments here

    Russian poet, novelist, playwright, and foundational figure of modern Russian literature. This chronology traces documented physical presences from…

  5. Dmitri Mendeleev

    from 1850 to 1907

    7 moments here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  6. Catherine II of Russia

    from 1744 to 1796

    7 moments here

    Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…

  7. Leonhard Euler

    from 1727 to 1783

    5 moments here

    Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

  8. Alfred Nobel

    from 1842 to 1862

    3 moments here

    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

  9. Peter the Great

    from 1703 to 1725

    3 moments here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  10. Ronald Reagan

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  11. Leo Tolstoy

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…

  12. Joseph Stalin

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

  13. 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.…

  14. Neil Armstrong

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…

  15. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1859

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  16. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1969

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  17. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1861

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  18. Honoré de Balzac

    in 1843

    1 moment here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

  19. Alexandre Dumas

    in 1858

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…

  20. Shinzo Abe

    in 2018

    1 moment here

    Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…

Moments

  1. 1703 Residence in the new Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  2. 1717 Return to Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  3. 1725 Death in Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
  4. 1727 Arrival at Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  5. 1741 Departure from Saint Petersburg for Berlin Leonhard Euler
  6. 1744 Received into the Russian Orthodox Church Catherine II of Russia
  7. 1745 Marries Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Catherine II of Russia
  8. 1745 Marries Peter in Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  9. 1762 Emperor of all the Russias Catherine II of Russia
  10. 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  11. 1771 Home destroyed by fire Leonhard Euler
  12. 1783 Death in Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  13. 1796 Buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral Catherine II of Russia
  14. 1796 Died at Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  15. 1796 Dies in the Winter Palace Catherine II of Russia
  16. 1799 Infancy in Saint Petersburg Alexander Pushkin
  17. 1817 Joined Petersburg literary life Alexander Pushkin
  18. 1829 Left Petersburg for the Caucasus Alexander Pushkin
  19. 1833 Returned to Saint Petersburg Alexander Pushkin
  20. 1836 Wrote on Kamenny Island Alexander Pushkin
  21. 1836 Moved into the Moika apartment Alexander Pushkin
  22. 1837 Died in his Moika apartment Alexander Pushkin
  23. 1837 Fought the fatal duel Alexander Pushkin
  24. 1837 Moved to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  25. 1838 Entered the Main Engineering School Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  26. 1841 Lived on Karavannaya Street Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  27. 1842 Family relocation to Saint Petersburg Alfred Nobel
  28. 1843 Saint Petersburg stay Honoré de Balzac
  29. 1843 Shared a lieutenant engineer’s apartment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  30. 1846 Lived at the future Dostoevsky Museum apartment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  31. 1848 Boarding school in Saint Petersburg Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  32. 1849 Imprisoned in the Alexeyevsky Ravelin Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  33. 1849 Faced the mock execution Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  34. 1850 Relocation and enrollment in Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
  35. 1850 Enrollment at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  36. 1852 Work at his father's Saint Petersburg workshop Alfred Nobel
  37. 1856 Return to Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
  38. 1858 Arrival in Saint Petersburg Alexandre Dumas
  39. 1859 Ambassadorial residence in St Petersburg Otto von Bismarck
  40. 1859 Civil-service career begins Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  41. 1860 Returned to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  42. 1861 Arrival for La forza del destino Giuseppe Verdi
  43. 1862 Controlled nitroglycerin detonation Alfred Nobel
  44. 1862 Studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  45. 1862 Marriage at Nikolaev Engineering Institute church Dmitri Mendeleev
  46. 1864 Professor at Saint Petersburg Technological Institute Dmitri Mendeleev
  47. 1867 Tenure and inorganic chemistry teaching Dmitri Mendeleev
  48. 1867 Married Anna Snitkina Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  49. 1867 Departed for a four-year European stay Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  50. 1868 Meeting members of The Five Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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