From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Categories: Celebrities | History

Time magazine has been published since 1923. Created by Yale alumni Henry Luce and Brighton Hadden, it became the world's first news weekly. During its existence, the publication has gained popularity among readers around the world. The cover of the magazine for 93 years has been visited by a variety of personalities from different countries.

We decided to compile for you a small selection of our compatriots who got on the cover of the magazine.

(Total 25 photos)

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Joseph Stalin was named "Man of the Year" by Time in 1939.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Dmitri Shostakovich got on the cover in 1942, but in the form of a firefighter, as he participated in extinguishing a fire in an observatory that caught fire from German bombing.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Vasily Stalin, 1951

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on the cover of Time 15 times.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Lavrenty Beria, 1953.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Georgy Zhukov, 1955

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Boris Pasternak, 1958.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Nikita Khrushchev, 1957.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Nikita Khrushchev, 1960.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Yuri Gagarin, 1961.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Vladimir Lenin, 1964.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Leonid Brezhnev, 1964.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Leonid Brezhnev, 1972.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1974.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1975.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Andrei Sakharov, 1977.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov, 1984.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

1987 Time cover. The issue was dedicated to the Soviet Union.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Raisa Gorbacheva, 1988.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Boris Yeltsin, 1991.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

In total, Boris Yeltsin got on the cover of Time 5 times.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Boris Yeltsin, 1996.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Vladimir Putin has been on the cover of Time four times, and in 2007 he was recognized as "Person of the Year" by the publication.

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, 2014.

Keywords: Time | XX century | Magazine | Edition | Cover | Covers | Politicians | Past | Putin | USSR | Stalin

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