Tashkent in the Cold War
The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1954 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Islam Karimov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Notable people
Akhmad Kadyrov
in 1982
1 moment here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1954
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Islam Karimov
from 1960 to 1991
3 moments here
Uzbek political leader who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989 and served as Uzbekistan’s first president from…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1966
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1954 Cancer treatment in Tashkent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1960 Mechanical-engineering graduation Islam Karimov
- 1966 Peace negotiations in Uzbekistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1967 Economics degree in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 1982 Islamic University studies Akhmad Kadyrov
- 1991 Declaration of Uzbek independence Islam Karimov