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Sviatoslav Richter
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Sviatoslav Richter

1915 – 1997 · aged 82

Soviet pianist (1915-1997)

Born
1915 · Zhytomyr
Died
1 Aug 1997 · Moscow
Part ofUkraine896 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 94 years
  1. 1915BornBorn in Zhytomyr
  2. 1950AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
  3. 1961AwardPeople's Artist of the USSR
  4. 1965AwardOrder of Lenin
  5. 1968AwardRobert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
  6. 1975AwardHero of Socialist Labour
  7. 1975AwardOrder of Lenin
  8. 1977AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Strasbourg-II
  9. 1985AwardOrder of Lenin
  10. 1986AwardLéonie Sonning Music Prize
  11. 1987AwardGlinka State Prize of the RSFSR
  12. 1990AwardRoyal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
  13. 1992AwardHonorary doctorate of Tours University
  14. 1 Aug 1997DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1915 – 1997).

  1. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  2. 1917Balfour Declaration
  3. 1917February Revolution
  4. 1917October Revolution
  5. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  6. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  7. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  8. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  9. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  11. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  12. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1938Munich Agreement
  14. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  15. 1939 – 1945World War II
  16. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  17. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  18. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  19. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  20. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  21. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  22. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  23. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  25. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  26. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  28. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  29. 1956Suez Crisis
  30. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  32. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  34. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  36. 1968Prague Spring
  37. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  38. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  39. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  40. 19781978 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (20 March [O.S. 7 March] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. Widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, he has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire".

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