Political Leaders in Saint Petersburg

The atlas holds 9 people and 28 moments here, from 1703 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Catherine II of Russia and Peter the Great.

Notable people

  1. 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.…

  2. 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.…

  3. 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.…

  4. Ronald Reagan

    in 1990

    1 moment here

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

  5. Joseph Stalin

    in 1917

    1 moment here

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

  6. 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.…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. 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. 1744 Received into the Russian Orthodox Church Catherine II of Russia
  5. 1745 Marries Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Catherine II of Russia
  6. 1745 Marries Peter in Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  7. 1762 Emperor of all the Russias Catherine II of Russia
  8. 1796 Buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral Catherine II of Russia
  9. 1796 Died at Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  10. 1796 Dies in the Winter Palace Catherine II of Russia
  11. 1859 Ambassadorial residence in St Petersburg Otto von Bismarck
  12. 1861 Arrival for La forza del destino Giuseppe Verdi
  13. 1893 Established himself in Saint Petersburg Vladimir Lenin
  14. 1895 Arrested in Saint Petersburg Vladimir Lenin
  15. 1896 Imprisoned on Shpalernaya Street Vladimir Lenin
  16. 1905 Returned clandestinely to Saint Petersburg Vladimir Lenin
  17. 1917 Returns to revolutionary Petrograd Joseph Stalin
  18. 1917 Presented the April Theses Vladimir Lenin
  19. 1917 Returned at Finland Station Vladimir Lenin
  20. 1917 Visited family graves at Volkovo Vladimir Lenin
  21. 1917 Addressed supporters at Kseshinskaya Mansion Vladimir Lenin
  22. 1917 Pressed for insurrection in Petrograd Vladimir Lenin
  23. 1917 Moved into Smolny Institute Vladimir Lenin
  24. 1918 Survived Petrograd shooting Vladimir Lenin
  25. 1920 Spoke at the Second Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
  26. 1969 Visit to Leningrad Margaret Thatcher
  27. 1990 Visits Leningrad Ronald Reagan
  28. 2018 St. Petersburg Economic Forum Shinzo Abe

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