Historical figures in Star City
The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1968 to 1982. The most recorded lives are Indira Gandhi, Alexei Leonov and Dzhokhar Dudayev. Among them Writers and Political Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Alexei Leonov
in 1975
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Dzhokhar Dudayev
in 1971
1 moment here
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Soviet Air Force major general and the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Gherman Titov
in 1968
1 moment here
Soviet Air Force pilot, cosmonaut, and later Russian politician. Titov flew Vostok 2 on 6–7 August 1961, becoming the second human to orbit Earth and…
Indira Gandhi
in 1982
1 moment 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.…
Moments
- 1968 Graduation from Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Gherman Titov
- 1971 Command-course study at Gagarin Air Force Academy Dzhokhar Dudayev
- 1975 Postflight visit to Star City Alexei Leonov
- 1982 Star City astronaut-training visit Indira Gandhi