Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov : biography 4 February 1881 - 2 December 1969 Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov ( , Klyment Okhrimovych Voroshylov), popularly known as Klim...

Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov : biography 4 February 1881 - 2 December 1969 In an embarrassing incident at the 1943 Tehran Conference, during a ceremony to receive...

Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov : biography 4 February 1881 - 2 December 1969 He was the Head of Leningrad Police between 1917 and 1918. Political career...

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov : biography 10 November 1919 - Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov ( born 10 November 1919) is a Russian small arms designer,...

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov : biography 10 November 1919 - His winning entry, the "Mikhtim" (so named by taking the first letters of his name and...

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov : biography 10 November 1919 - Awards Stalin Prize (1949) Lenin Prize (1964) Foreign decorations Order of Honour of Belarus (1999)...

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin : biography 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin ( 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was...

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin : biography 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968 Swiss-based German watchmaker Bernhard Lederer created a limited edition of 50 Gagarin Tourbillons to...

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin : biography 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968 Some sources have claimed that Gagarin commented during the flight, "I don't see any...

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin : biography 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968 Early life and education Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino, near...