The history of space exploration in the covers of Time magazine. Richard Nixon Time Person of the Year. Mr. James Byrnes Time Person of the Year
Traditionally, Time magazine names in its latest December issue a character who, in their opinion, is worthy of the “Person of the Year” award. The nomination has been awarded since 1927, when this title was awarded to pilot Charles Lindbergh, who for the first time in history flew alone across the Atlantic.
The Person of the Year is chosen exclusively by the executive editor. Over the years, Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George Bush, an American soldier, and an Internet user have become Person of the Year. In 2007, Vladimir Putin became Person of the Year. Time magazine's Person of the Year 2015 was Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany.
The shortlist for the Person of the Year title included Iraqi Kurdistan leader Masoud Barzani, Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Ferguson protesters.
1935 Haile Selassie I. First Monarch Laureate; first African.
1939 Joseph Stalin. The first Georgian, the first representative of the USSR, Russia, the first communist.
1957 Nikita Khrushchev. The first Russian.
1982 Personal computer. "Car of the Year"; the first winner is an inanimate object.
1988 Planet Earth (in danger). "Planet of the Year"; abstract concept.
1999 Albert Einstein. "Man of the Century"; the first person chosen posthumously.
2007 Vladimir Putin. The first representative of post-Soviet Russia.
2010 Mark Zuckerberg. Developer and founder of the world's largest social network - the Facebook website.
2012 Barack Obama, elected for the second time.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person in history to fly continuously across Atlantic Ocean, taking off in New York, USA and landing in Paris, France. The transatlantic flight in May 1927 took the 25-year-old pilot more than a day. Charles was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was also awarded the FAI Gold Aviation Medal.
1928 Walter Chrysler "Time Man of the Year"
In 1928, the founder of the Chrysler automobile company, Walter Chrysler, initiated a very successful purchase of Dodge, which helped the company become an industry leader. In the same year, such legends of the American automobile industry as Plymuth and DeSoto were founded under the wing of Chrysler. Also in 1928, Walter Chrysler, one of the most successful industrialists of the 20th century, began construction of the world famous Chrysler Building in the center of New York, which for many years became a symbol of the city and was the tallest building in the world in the 1930s and 31s.
1929 Owen Young "Time Man of the Year"
Owen Jung is a lawyer, diplomat, entrepreneur, industrialist, and founder of the diversified company RCA. He was honored by Time for developing the Young Plan in 1929, which settled German reparations after World War I.
1930 Mahatma Gandhi Time Person of the Year
Leader and symbol of the Indian independence movement. The most famous political and public figure in India of the 20th century, the man of the millennium according to the BBC, an international symbol of peace and virtue, who persuaded Hitler not to unleash the Second world war. In 1930, he became Time's Person of the Year for organizing the Salt March, a 390-kilometer march to protest the British government's introduction of a salt tax. 18 years later he was assassinated at the age of 78 by Hindu extremists who opposed Gandhi’s policy of reconciling hostilities between Hindus and Muslims.
1931 Pierre Laval "Time Man of the Year"
Socialist politician, first appointed Prime Minister of France in 1931. He was very popular in the American media during the period of criticism of the Hoover Moratorium. This document temporarily froze payments on debts in the First World War and caused indignation among the masses in both France and the United States. Pierre Laval served as Prime Minister until August 1944, remaining an important political figure and part-time media magnate, owner of several newspapers and radio stations.
1932 Franklin Roosevelt Time Person of the Year
Franklin Roosevelt became the clear winner of the 1932 presidential election, replacing the incumbent 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover. Under his leadership, the United States went through the most difficult periods of the 20th century. The only president in US history to serve more than two terms. Historians consider him one of the most outstanding US presidents, along with Lincoln and Washington.
1933 Hugh Johnson Time Man of the Year
An official nicknamed “Iron Pants,” Hugh Samuel Johnson worked him off with a stern disposition, discipline and organization. An excellent organizer who managed to reorganize American business and increase average wages on behalf of US President Franklin Roosevelt. In 1933, he was appointed director of the National Recovery Administration, which created a code of “good practice” and stabilized prices in the country.
1934 Franklin Roosevelt Time Person of the Year
Franklin Roosevelt's second appearance on Time's cover of the year as President of the United States White House in Washington from 1933 to 1945.
1935 Haile Selassie I Time Person of the Year
The last emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie is a descendant of King Solomon. Ruling the African state in 1935, Selassie led the fight against Italian troops who launched the Second Italo-Ethiopian war. During this war, the Italians widely used prohibited chemical weapons on the eve of the outbreak of World War II.
1936 Wallis Simpson Time Person of the Year
In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate because of an affair with twice-divorced Wallis Simpson. They married in 1937, just after Simpson received a divorce from her previous husband and the whole story became a worldwide sensation.
1937 Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling Time Person of the Year
1937 was the first year in history when the main cover of Time was dedicated to two people. This is Chiang Kai-shek, the premier of the Republic of China during the period when the Second Sino-Japanese War began, as well as Song Meiling, his wife from 1927 to 1975. Recognized as "Man and Wife of the Year."
1938 Adolf Hitler Time Person of the Year
After becoming chancellor of Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler oversaw the unification of Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland in 1938. The so-called Anschluss and Munich Agreement, respectively. After the end of World War II in 1945, Austria again declared its independence, and Czechoslovakia was formed from the remains of the Sudetenland.
1939 Joseph Stalin "Man of the Year" according to Time
In 1939, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin became the de facto leader of the USSR as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. On his initiative, a non-aggression pact was signed with Nazi Germany before it launched a large-scale offensive against Poland on September 1, 1939, marking the beginning of World War II.
1940 Winston Churchill Time Person of the Year
In 1940, a new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, the greatest Briton in history according to the BBC, as well as the most important figure of the Second World War, came to the world political stage. In 1940, Churchill's cabinet ordered the evacuation of parts of the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk area after the Nazis broke through the Maginot Line and the surrender of the Netherlands, as part of Operation Dynamo. In his first year as Prime Minister, Churchill also presided over the most important air battle of World War II, known as the Battle of Britain.
1941 Franklin Roosevelt Time Person of the Year
On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft carried out a daring attack on the American base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the name of about 2,400 military and civilian deaths, the current US President, Franklin Roosevelt, declares war on Japan, effectively dragging the US into World War II. The rapid development of events forced Time editors to change the person on the main cover of the year literally at the last moment, when the version of the Walt Disney cartoon “Dumbo” was already ready for printing.
1942 Joseph Stalin "Man of the Year" according to Time
In 1942, the leader of the USSR no longer harbored hopes of non-aggression Nazi Germany after Hitler launched Plan Barbarossa in June 1941. In July 1942 Secretary General The Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin observes the greatest battle of the Second World War known as " Battle of Stalingrad" The result of the battle was the defeat of the German troops, the liberation of the city from occupation and the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet Army. The Battle of Stalingrad has gone down in history as one of the bloodiest military events in human history: tens of thousands of city residents, 478,741 Soviet soldiers and about 300,000 German soldiers, plus about 200,000 German allies, died.
1943 George Marshall Time's Man of the Year
George Marshall - statesman and military leader, US Army General, Chief of Staff ground forces USA. He became an important figure in the military events of 1943, organizing a number of successful US strategic actions in World War II.
1944 Dwight Eisenhower Time Person of the Year
In 1944, no one doubted the imminent fall of Hitler's regime. U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower leads the Allies' critical strategic operation, Operation Overlord, in the Channel Islands as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The Allied army successfully breaks through the Nazi defenses, liberates Paris and continues its offensive towards the German border, opening the Western Front. Eisenhower's landing operation went down in history as the largest in history - more than 3 million soldiers were involved in it.
1945 Harry Truman Time Person of the Year
Just weeks after attending the Yalta Conference in February 1945, the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, dies. He is replaced by Harry Truman from Democratic Party. Truman's political actions from a position of strength and without taking into account the interests of the USSR lead to a deterioration in relations between the two superpowers. The Cold War begins.
1946 James Byrnes Time Person of the Year
In 1946, James Byrnes served as US Secretary of State and became a key figure in the Iranian crisis - the international conflict between the USSR and Iran and Western countries in connection with the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the occupied territories of Iran. James Byrnes's speech, "Revisiting German Policy," sets the tone for future U.S. actions, gives Germans hope for the future, and puts an end to the economic policies of the Morgenthau Plan.
1947 Time Person of the Year George Marshall
As US Secretary of State in 1947, George Marshall developed the Marshall Plan, a program of assistance to post-war Europe implemented in 17 devastated countries since 1948.
1948 Harry Truman Time Person of the Year
In 1948, Harry Truman was elected to the next US presidential election on his own and won. This event becomes the most unexpected in the history of the US presidential election. According to all forecasts, Republican Thomas Dewey was supposed to become president.
1949 Winston Churchill Time Person of the Year
In 1949, Winston Churchill, billed as the "Man of the First Half of the Century", appeared on the main cover of Time for the second time. He led Britain to victory in World War II. In 1949, the tense election campaign of 1950 unfolds, because of which Churchill suffers his first mini-stroke, but again becomes prime minister.
1950 American Soldier Time's Man of the Year
The final Time cover for 1950 is dedicated to an American soldier, as a response to the participation of US troops in the unexpectedly unfolding Korean War. Subsequently, this conflict becomes the next link in the Cold War, actually mediated by the resistance of the United States with China and the USSR.
1951 Mohammed Mossadegh Time Person of the Year
In 1951, Iran democratically elected a new Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. Until 1953, he pursued a policy of nationalizing the oil sector, expelling Western oil giants. These events become the cause of the Abadan crisis, as well as the overthrow of Mossadegh as a result of a coup led by the intelligence services of the United States and Great Britain.
1952 Elizabeth II "Person of the Year" according to Time
On February 6, 1952, King George VI of Great Britain, the father of Elizabeth II, dies as a result of coronary thrombosis. At this time, the princess was on vacation in Kenya with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Philip. Elizabeth II returns to her homeland as a queen. The official coronation ceremony of Elizabeth II took place in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
1953 Konrad Adenauer "Man of the Year" according to Time
In 1953, the current and first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, was re-elected for another term. He made a great contribution to the reconstruction of Germany in the post-war period. Under Adenauer, agricultural production increased, unemployment decreased, the gross national product increased, and increased by 80%. wages, the refugee problem has been solved. By 1953, Adenauer's successful policies led to the restoration of the German economy to pre-war levels.
1954 John Dulles Time Person of the Year
US Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, Republican politician John Dulles, made a lot of efforts to organize the military blocs NATO and ANSUZ, designed to contain the threat from the Soviets. Tasked the CIA with MI6 to develop a plan to overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953. He is also the architect of the military-political bloc SEATO, directed against national liberation movements in the region.
1955 Harlow Curtis Time Person of the Year
In 1953, Harlow Curtis became president of the General Motors automobile concern, leading the company until 1958. Harlow's successful strategic decisions had a quick effect. By 1955, GM sales had grown to 5 million vehicles a year. This is the first corporation in the world to earn more than $1 billion in a year.
1956 Hungarian freedom fighter Time Person of the Year
In October - November 1956, Hungarian revolutionaries attempted to overthrow the pro-Soviet regime, but were defeated Soviet troops. An important milestone in the history of the Cold War, which proved that the USSR was ready to maintain by force the communist regimes in the Warsaw Pact countries. During the conflict, 348 civilians, 2,652 revolutionaries and more than 770 soldiers were killed by the current Hungarian government and the USSR army.
1957 Nikita Khrushchev “Person of the Year” according to Time
First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from September 7, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev finally strengthened his leadership of the Soviet Union when he uncovered a conspiracy by members of the Presidium in 1957. He led the USSR in the space race, launching the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, from the Baikonur cosmodrome on October 4, 1957. The satellite made 1,440 orbits in orbit, left orbit and burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after 3 months.
1958 Charles de Gaulle "Man of the Year" according to Time
Military and statesman, symbol of the French Resistance during World War II, Charles De Gaulle became Prime Minister of France in May 1958. He sharply criticized the communists, established the Fifth Republic, and in December became its first president. The French Constitution, adopted in 1958 under De Gaulle, is still in effect today.
1959 Dwight Eisenhower Time Person of the Year
Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, served from 1953 to 1961, convinced of American leadership of the world after World War II. Massively increased the US nuclear potential to ensure the possibility of striking the USSR and China. In terms of domestic economics, not the best leader in history: under Eisenhower, unemployment rose from 1.9 million unemployed in 1953 to 3.8 million unemployed in 1959.
1960 US Scientists “Person of the Year” according to Time
The final cover of Time magazine for 1960 was dedicated to American scientists. The country's scientific elite were represented by:
- Geneticist George Beadle;
- Astrophysicist James Van Allen;
- Organic chemist Robert Woodward;
- Physicist and neuroscientist Donald Glaser;
- Scientist and engineer Charles Draper;
- Geneticist and biochemist Joshua Lederberg;
- Physical chemist Willard Libby;
- Physicist and Nobel laureate Edward Purcell;
- Chemist, crystallographer and winner of two Nobel Prizes, Linus Pauling;
- Physicist and Nobel laureate Isidor Rabi;
- Physicist and Nobel laureate Emilio Serge;
- Physicist and Nobel laureate Charles Townes;
- Theoretical physicist, father of the hydrogen bomb Edward Teller;
- Physicist, semiconductor researcher and Nobel laureate William Shockley;
- Virologist, bacteriology and immunology expert John Enders.
1961 John Kennedy "Man of the Year" according to Time
On January 20, 1961, Democrat John Kennedy takes office as the 35th President of the United States, narrowly defeating Republican Richard Nixon. In 1961, he organized the unsuccessful invasion of Cuba, using Cuban exiles trained in the United States.
1962 John XXIII Time Person of the Year
Pope John XXIII led the Roman Catholic Church in 1958, remaining on the throne until his death on June 3, 1963. In 1962, he volunteered to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis as a mediator between the United States and the Soviet Union, receiving praise for this action from both warring parties. In the same year, Pope John XXIII convenes the Second Vatican Council, which resulted in 4 constitutions, 9 decrees and 3 declarations.
1963 Martin Luther King Time Person of the Year
Martin Luther King is an iconic figure of the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States, its leader, speaker and preacher. On August 28, 1963, King delivered the famous "" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to an audience of 200,000 to 300,000 black demonstrators. The American Public Speaking Society subsequently named Martin's speech the best speech of the 20th century.
1964 Lyndon Johnson Time Person of the Year
After the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon Johnson became interim president. The representative of the Democratic Party became the 36th President of the United States only following the results of the 1964 presidential election, beating Barry Goldwater from the Republican Party with a significant majority of votes. Also in 1964, Lyndon passed the Civil Rights Act in response to the demands of Martin Luther King, eliminating racial segregation. He pursued policies to combat poverty and strengthened the US presence in the Vietnam War.
1965 William Westmoreland Time Person of the Year
General William Westmoreland, as the commander-in-chief of US troops in South Vietnam, went down in history as the main military figure of the Vietnam War. In February 1965, he began active offensive operations, proposing “search and destroy” tactics.
1966 Baby Boomers Time Person of the Year
Time magazine dedicated the main cover of 1965 to baby boomers - the young generation of American men and women under the age of 25, born during a period of favorable economic conditions after the end of World War II. During this period, families with four children became the norm. Fertility rates only began to decline in the late 1950s.
1967 Lyndon Johnson Time Person of the Year
The 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, took office again on January 20, 1965. In 1966, he promoted a government program of housing subsidies for needy families, introduced new measures to combat water and air pollution, implemented a program to build improved highways, increased social insurance payments, and took a number of measures to improve road safety.
1968 Apollo 8 Astronauts Time Person of the Year
Time's final 1966 cover features the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Astronauts William Anders, Frank Borman and James Lovell became the first humans to leave low Earth orbit, fly around the Moon and pave the way for Neil Armstrong's first lunar landing on Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.
1969 Representatives of the US Middle America class “Person of the Year” according to Time
In 1967, Time dedicated its front cover to members of the Middle America class, or the so-called silent majority.
1970 Willy Brandt Time Person of the Year
Having taken office as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on October 21, 1969, Willy Brandt began a policy of establishing relations between East and West. Two years later, these efforts lead to Willy being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1970, he finds a bold approach to the leadership of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc, begins the process of rapprochement with the GDR, and signs an agreement on the recognition of post-war borders in Europe with the USSR.
1971 Richard Nixon Time Person of the Year
37th US President Richard Nixon. He pursued a policy of détente in relations with the USSR. During his reign, American astronauts landed on the moon. The first US president in history to visit all 50 states of the country. He resigned early as a result of the Watergate scandal in 1974.
1972 Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Time Person of the Year
The final Time cover for 1972 is dedicated to US President Richard Nixon and US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Nixon became the first US president to pay an official visit to China. That same year, he signed the SALT I treaty with the USSR. Nixon is also the winner of the most tense election in American history: in 1968, three candidates competed for the presidency. Henry Kissinger accompanied the President on his visit to China in 1972.
1973 John Sirica Time Person of the Year
In 1973, the Watergate scandal reached its climax, which had to be dealt with by the chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, John Sirica. He ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over White House tapes to the court. Subsequently, impeachment proceedings were launched against the president on the grounds of obstruction of justice for personal and party interests, but he managed to resign.
1974 King Faisal al-Saud Time Person of the Year
King Saudi Arabia Faisal al-Saud made the cover of Time in 1974 in connection with the oil crisis of 1973–1974. On behalf of the king, Saudi Arabia withdrew its oil from the world market in protest that the West supports Israel in the so-called War doomsday between Arab countries and Israel in 1973. Due to the king’s actions, oil prices on the world market rose from $3 to $12 per barrel in one year, causing a severe oil shortage in the United States.
1975 American Women Time Person of the Year
The final Time cover for 1975 is dedicated to American women. Among them are:
- Journalist Susan Brownmiller;
- Army officer Kathleen Byerly;
- Religious activist Alison Cheek;
- Writer Jill Ker Conway (Pulitzer Prize winner);
- First Lady of the United States 1974 - 1977 Betty Ford;
- Politician Ella T. Grasso;
- Former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla Anderson Hills;
- Afro-American Women's Rights Movement leader Barbara Jordan;
- Tennis player Billie Jean King, record holder for the most victories at the Wimbledon tournament;
- Actress Carole Sutton;
- Lawyer Sasi Sharp;
- United States Labor leader and civil rights activist Addie L. Wyatt.
1976 Jimmy Carter Time Person of the Year
After the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1976, a presidential election is held, the winner of which is a little-known politician, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter from the Democratic Party. He received 2% more votes than his Republican opponent, then-President Gerald Ford.
1977 Anwar Sadat Time Person of the Year
Anwar Sadat, as President of Egypt, paid an official visit to Israel in 1977, becoming the first leader of an Arab state to do so. The mission of the visit was a dialogue on the normalization of Egyptian-Israeli relations. Having announced peace terms in Jerusalem, Anwar proposed the creation of an independent Palestinian state. The response to Sadat's policies was the severance of diplomatic relations with Egypt by most Arab countries.
1978 Deng Xiaoping Time Person of the Year
Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping overthrew his predecessor Hua Guofeng, becoming the de facto leader of China in 1978, without holding the post of leader of the country. Deng Xiaoping remained the Supreme Leader of the People's Republic of China until the early 1990s.
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini Time Person of the Year
In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini became the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran, which began due to popular dissatisfaction with the policies of the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. As a result, the Shah had to flee to Egypt. Ayatollah Khomeini created the Islamic Republic of Iran and remained its supreme leader until 1989.
1980 Ronald Reagan Time Person of the Year
In November 1980, Ronald Reagan became the winner of the US presidential election, replacing Jimmy Carter as the 39th president. In the election, Reagan defeated Carter by a margin of more than 9%. Before this, Reagan had a successful acting career, worked as a TV presenter and governor of California.
1981 Lech Walesa Time Person of the Year
In 1981, Polish appeared on the main cover of Time. politician Lech Walesa. He headed the Solidarity trade union. The strikes of trade unionists and their support in different sectors of society forced the government to make concessions. The architect of the Gdansk Agreement was eventually arrested along with 3,000 activists, and martial law was introduced in the country, outlawing Solidarity. A year later, Lech Walesa was released, and two years later he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
1982 Time Personal Computer Person of the Year
Time's 1982 front cover featured the personal computer as "Machine of the Year." The dawn of the information age is coming, largely thanks to the phenomenal market success of the Apple II, the first mass-produced computer from Steve Jobs' company, produced from 1977 to the early 1990s with relatively minor changes.
1983 Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov “Person of the Year” according to Time
Time's final 1983 cover features two ideological adversaries: the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, who ordered the invasion of Grenada and championed the Strategic Defense Initiative, and Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, a major critic of the Strategic Defense Initiative. A month after appearing on the cover of Time, Andropov died of kidney failure due to years of gout at the age of 69.
1984 Peter Ueberroth Time Person of the Year
In 1984, the United States hosts the Summer Olympics. The organizing committee for the sporting event is headed by Peter Ueberroth. All countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics socialist camp, arguing that the United States refuses to guarantee the safety of athletes from the USSR and other Warsaw Pact countries.
1985 Deng Xiaoping Time Person of the Year
China's supreme leader since the late 1970s, Deng Xiaoping was celebrated by Time magazine in 1985 for radical economic reforms that challenged orthodox Marxists. Xiaoping's policies made China part of the world market.
1986 Corazon Aquino Time Person of the Year
In 1986, as a result of a popular vote, 53-year-old Corazon Aquino, a prominent figure in the Yellow Revolution of 1986, became the new president of the Philippines. The 1986 presidential campaign was accompanied by violence and political assassinations on the part of the current government. Upon taking office, Corazon Aquino installed a provisional revolutionary government that adopted a new Philippine constitution.
1987 Mikhail Gorbachev “Person of the Year” according to Time
General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee since 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev launched the political reforms of Perestroika in 1987, introducing the policy of openness, freedom of speech and press, democratic elections and a market economic model into the USSR. Also, Mikhail Gorbachev is heading towards ending the Cold War.
1988 Earth in Peril Time Person of the Year
Time magazine's 1988 cover draws public attention to global problems Earth. Main message - The Earth is in danger: acid rain, global warming, loss of biodiversity, ozone holes, disposal of radioactive waste, the possibility of a nuclear winter, infringement of animal rights.
1989 Mikhail Gorbachev “Person of the Year” according to Time
1989 is a special year. Mikhail Gorbachev is hailed as the "Man of the Decade" by Time magazine. In 1989, the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee held the first free Soviet elections. IN next year is falling apart Eastern bloc after the “Velvet Revolution”, and a year later the USSR.
1990 George H. W. Bush Time Person of the Year
Having succeeded Ronald Reagan in the 1988 election, the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, leads the US campaign in the Persian Gulf War in 1990. Multinational forces fight Iraq to liberate and restore Kuwait's independence until victory in 1991. The conflict has led to severe environmental consequences in the region due to the dumping of oil into the Persian Gulf and the burning of oil wells.
1991 Ted Turner Time Person of the Year
Businessman Ted Turner founded the first 24-hour news channel in the United States, CNN, in 1980, revolutionizing the media space. In 1991, the channel began constant on-air rebroadcasting around the clock for audiences in Russia. Additionally, in 1991, CNN provided exclusive coverage of the Gulf War—the first time viewers were able to watch action of this magnitude live on their television screens. This cemented CNN's reputation as a 24/7 source of international news.
1992 Bill Clinton Time Person of the Year
On November 3, 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton wins the US presidential election, replacing incumbent President George H. W. Bush by a significant margin. Before being elected 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas five times. The presidential inauguration took place on January 20, 1993.
1993 “Peacemakers” “Person of the Year” according to Time
The main edition of Time for 1993 is dedicated to peacekeepers. The peacekeepers are represented by:
- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Peace Prize laureate for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;
- Frederik de Klerk, President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994, the last white leader of the country, who ordered the release of Nelson Mandela from 27 years of imprisonment in 1990;
- Nelson Mandela is a South African statesman and politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who put an end to the apartheid system together with Frederik de Klerk.
- Yitzhak Rabin is an Israeli political and military leader who signed the Oslo Accord with Yasser Arafat, for which he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The document resolved the Israeli-Palestinian conflict under the auspices of Norway.
1994 Pope John Paul II Time Person of the Year
Pope John Paul II, one of the youngest pontiffs in history, became primate of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978. In 1994, he graced the main cover of Time for establishing diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Israel.
1995 Newt Gingrich Time Person of the Year
The Republican Revolution of 1994 shifts control of Congress to the Republicans. For this, Time notes the leader of the revolution, politician, writer, publicist and businessman Newt Gingrich. Triumph Republican Party leads to the election of the revolutionary leader as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1995, after 40 years without a Republican speaker in power.
1996 David Ho Time Person of the Year
Harvard University graduate and Taiwanese-American David Ho conducted the first fundamental research in the field of HIV. Ho's new approach made it possible to reveal the secrets of the virus, to find out how it attacks and destroys the immunity of an infected person. Through experiments on sick volunteers, Dr. Ho established that treatment for AIDS should begin at a very early stage and be carried out comprehensively, and not with just one remedy.
1997 Andrew Grove Time Person of the Year
In 1997, Intel co-founder Andrew Grove served as chairman and CEO of the company. Effective management the company allowed Andrew to lead it out of the crisis that arose under the onslaught of cheaper Japanese memory modules. The successful launch of the Pentium processor family made Intel a pioneer in the semiconductor industry.
1998 Bill Clinton and Kenneth Star Time Person of the Year
The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, appeared on the main cover of Time for the second time in 1998 in the company of his opponent, Kenneth Star. In 1998, Clinton was impeached for his sex scandal with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. By decision of the Senate, all charges against Clinton were later dropped. Lawyer Kenneth Star investigated various figures in President Clinton's administration. His 1998 report opened the door to Clinton's impeachment.
1999 Jeffrey Bazos Time Person of the Year
American businessman and entrepreneur Jeffrey Bezos founded the largest Internet corporation Amazon.com in 1994. As the company's founder and CEO, he was honored to grace the front cover of Time in 1999.
2000 George W. Bush Time Person of the Year
On November 7, 2000, Republican George W. Bush becomes the winner of the US presidential election. On the other side of the camp, he was opposed by incumbent Vice President Al Gore from the Democrats and Ralph Nader from the Green Party. This was the fourth time in US history that the winner of an election received fewer popular votes than the loser.
2001 Rudolph Giuliani Time Person of the Year
September 11, 2001 is the most tragic day in US history. Al-Qaeda's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers killed 2,977 people. Rudolph Giuliani, then mayor of New York, rallied the city's population, organized an unprecedented effort to rebuild the damaged area, and helped people survive the crisis. Time editor-in-chief James Kelly said Giuliani was particularly attuned to the tragedy and moved emotionally in a way that no one else, including President Bush, could. For his actions during the post-9/11 crisis, Rudolph Giuliani received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
2002 "Whistleblowers" "Person of the Year" according to Time
Time's 2002 final cover is about whistleblowers. Their faces are represented by:
- Sharon Watkins, a former Enron vice president who exposed accounting errors in the company's financial statements in 2001 and testified before congressional committees in 2002. The energy giant was forced to declare bankruptcy due to deliberate corporate fraud and corruption.
- Cynthia Cooper, the WorldCom auditor who exposed its $3.8 billion fraud. In 2002, it was the largest amount of fraud in US history.
- Colin Rowley, FBI agent. Rowley testified about the FBI's mishandling of information about the threat of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. If not for such an “oversight,” the FBI could have saved the lives of 2,977 people.
2003 American Soldier "Person of the Year" according to Time
In 2003, Time devoted a major issue to American soldiers—troops around the world, especially in the Iranian War, which began in 2003 under the pretext of information about the presence of al-Qaeda nuclear weapons(later it turned out that this information was not true).
2004 George W. Bush Time Person of the Year
In 2004, 43rd US President George W. Bush returned to the cover of Time's flagship issue after being re-elected to a second term as head of the US involvement in the Iraq War. Completely capitulates by the end of 2003 regular army Iraq, a new government is formed, but an insurgency arises and the entire region is generally destabilized. By 2011, US casualties in the Iraq War totaled 4,423 soldiers.
2005 Good Samaritans Time Person of the Year
The main issue of Time in 2005 is dedicated to Good Samaritans - the world's largest philanthropists. The benefactors represent:
- Bono, Irish rock musician, leader of the band U2, philanthropist, humanitarian activist defending the interests of residents of poor third world countries. In 2005, he organized a series of charity concerts around the world, Live 8.
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is the richest man in the world. Founded charitable foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest such foundation in the world, financed personally by Gates and other billionaires of the world. Among the largest investors, besides Bill, is the name of Warren Buffett.
- Melinda Gates, co-founder of the above-mentioned foundation, is its co-chair. Former sales manager at Microsoft for Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta and Expidea.
2006 You are Time's Person of the Year
Time's Person of the Year 2006 is You. This refers to creators of user-generated content on the Internet, including videos published on YouTube and other video hosting sites.
2007 Vladimir Putin “Person of the Year” according to Time
In 2007, Vladimir Putin was the President of the Russian Federation.
2008 Barack Obama Time Person of the Year
The winner of the 56th consecutive US presidential election on November 4, 2008 is Barack Obama, the first black president in the country's history. The Democrat defeats the GOP's John McCain by a significant margin. The 44th President of the United States was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
2009 Ben Bernanke Time Person of the Year
Economist Ben Bernanke served as chairman of the US Federal Reserve during the global financial crisis of 2007–2008. After successful policies in the most difficult crisis conditions, he was appointed Chairman of the US Federal Reserve for a second term in 2009. Bernanke considers the Fed's main task not to fight economic bubbles, but to work towards standard goals such as full employment and lower inflation.
2010 Mark Zuckerberg Time Person of the Year
In 2010, the main cover of Time was dedicated to the young genius, a graduate of Harvard University. Mark Zuckerberg, American programmer of Jewish origin, who founded the most famous social network in the world, Facebook.com. Dollar billionaire, successful entrepreneur in the field of Internet technologies.
2011 Time Protester Person of the Year
In 2011, Time featured the protester as the person of the year on its main cover, as a representative of many global protest movements. At the beginning of 2011, the Arab Spring broke out, ending with coups in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, as well as civil war in Libya. The “Indignant Movement” flares up in Spain, and a long-term takeover of the main financial cluster begins in New York during the civil protest “Occupy Wall Street.” Many other protests arise in Russia, Belarus, India, Greece, Chile and other countries.
2012 Barack Obama Time Person of the Year
In 2012, US President Barack Obama made the cover of Time for the second time after being re-elected to a second term in the 57th presidential election on November 6, 2012, winning by a landslide over Mitt Romney of the Republican Party.
2013 Pope Francis "Person of the Year" according to Time
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis became the new head of the Roman Catholic Church following the Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, replacing Benedict XVI, who abdicated on February 28, 2013.
2014 Ebola Fighters Time Person of the Year
In 2014, the largest Ebola outbreak in history began. Time dedicates its final issue of the year to Ebola fighters - the health care workers who helped stop its spread. The cover features Dr. Jerry Brown, Chief Medical Officer of Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The publication recognizes the important contributions of doctors, nurses, service personnel, burial teams and other mission participants to the fight against Ebola.
2015 Angela Merkel "Person of the Year" according to Time
German statesman and politician Angela Merkel has served as Federal Chancellor of Germany since November 22, 2005. The first and only woman in German history to serve as chancellor. The second figure in the hierarchy political life Germany is after the president, but in fact the main representative of the country on the world stage. In 2015, she was named Time Person of the Year for her leadership in solving the debt crisis in Greece and active actions in resolving the European migration crisis caused by the explosive growth in the flow of illegal refugees from North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
2016 Donald Trump "Person of the Year" according to Time
On November 8, 2016, the 58th US presidential election was held, in which the representative of the Republican Party, dollar billionaire Donald Trump, became the winner. For the fifth time in the history of American presidential elections, the winner was the candidate who received fewer votes than the losing candidate (Hillary Clinton from the Democratic Party).
2017 “Silence Breakers” Time Person of the Year
The global movement against sexual abuse and harassment gained momentum in 2017. The silence breakers in Time's Person of the Year status are represented by 6 women:
- Strawberry picker from Mexico under the pseudonym Isabel Pascual, lobbyist for Adama Quince;
- Actress Ashley Judd, who became a victim of sexual harassment by controversial Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is accused of molesting more than 50 women;
- Software engineer Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee who alleged repeated harassment by her supervisor;
- Country pop singer Taylor Swift, who was sexually harassed by radio DJ David Mueller during a photo shoot with KYGO radio station employees in 2013;
- A hospital worker who wished to remain anonymous and is only partially depicted on the cover, without her face.
2018 "Guardians" Time Person of the Year
In 2018 editor-in-chief Time Edward Felsenthal gave the title of Person of the Year to the Guardians of the Media - dedicated journalists around the world, led by Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul, Turkey. The editors of Time magazine noted that the murder of the journalist would not have become so resonant if not for Khashoggi’s dedicated work during his reporting career. For the first time in the history of the magazine, the title “Person of the Year” was awarded posthumously.
In addition to Khashoggi, Rappler editor-in-chief Maria Ressa was added to the 2018 Guardians. This portal covers the life of residents of the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte and describes the harsh regime with undesirable citizens.
The work of the editors of the American publication Capital Gazette from Annapolis was also noted. The newspaper's office was attacked in June 2018 by a gunman armed with a shotgun. young man, who killed five Capital Gazette employees at work. Time's other two Watchmen in 2018 were reporters from the news agency Reuters, who were sentenced to seven years in prison for reporting on the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
In second place among the contenders for the title “Person of the Year” according to Time in 2018 were: the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, American film director, producer and screenwriter Ryan Coogler, the American national action “March for Our Lives” » in support of tighter control over small arms, President South Korea Moon Jae-in and Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex.
“People of the Year” according to Time magazine: from Stalin to Pussy Riot.
Pussy Riot can be awarded the title "Person of the Year", which is awarded annually by the American magazine Time. In addition to the girls, 39 more people are vying for this title. According to the magazine’s editors, the group members paid more than others for freedom of speech and self-expression, and therefore have every right to claim the title of “Person(s) of the Year.” Openspace reminds you which of our compatriots appeared on the cover of the final issue of Time.
Time first named Stalin "Man of the Year" in 1939 for signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The magazine then called the document the last attempt to resist the Third Reich through diplomacy and at the same time a verdict on Poland, which was divided by a pact between the USSR and Germany.
In 1942, Stalin again became "Man of the Year". This time, Time awarded the leader of the peoples not for breaking the world order, but for fierce resistance to the invasion of the German army in the first years of the war.
Nikita Khrushchev became the Man of 1957 only because the Sputnik-1 apparatus was not a man. Since the names of the designers of the first artificial Earth satellite were strictly classified, the Time editors had no choice but to place the device in the hands of Khrushchev.
In 1983, the editors of Time put two people on the cover of the final issue. People of the year were named Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov - the two least negotiable politicians, according to the publication. One baptized Soviet Union“evil empire”, the second curtailed absolutely all negotiations on the control of medium-range nuclear weapons, and in addition shot down a Korean passenger airliner over Sakhalin.
The lead story in Time's 1987 final issue begins with an explanation of why Ronald Reagan is not featured on the "Man of the Year" cover. Instead, there was a portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev. The editors awarded the last General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee for “destroying Soviet lethargy.”
In 1989, Gorbachev repeated his success of two years ago and even surpassed it, becoming not just “man of the year”, but “man of the decade” to commemorate his invaluable contribution to ending the Cold War.
In 2007, Vladimir Putin became “Person of the Year”. The inscription on the cover read: “King new Russia».
2011 was the year of protests, and Time named a generalized demonstrator the person of the year. To a greater extent this, of course, concerned the Egyptians, Tunisians, Greeks and all kinds of “occupiers”, but already in December the Russian “angry city dweller”, going out to Bolotnaya and Sakharov, managed to join the world protest and become one of the “people of the year” .
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For the first time in for a long time Russia showed its teeth to the West, and especially to the United States, and they, of course, did not like it. Putin, as the face of the state, immediately fell under Western slaps, expressed in all sorts of humiliation and showing our head of state not in the best light in the foreign media. They show us and write one thing about the situation in the world, but abroad it is completely different. We invite you to look at the authentic covers of foreign magazines with Putin in the title role and find out what they think about our president.
Polish magazine UwazamRze Historia, 03/21/2014
The title theme of the issue is called "The Empire Counterattacks." It talks about the fact that, despite the fact that the USSR collapsed, today's Russia is no different from the Red Empire. The Kremlin remains hostage to the generals and security services, the economy is inefficient, the oligarchic elite pumps oil and gas and holds back the development of other industries, and as a result, Russia will be condemned to the depletion of mineral deposits.
The Economist Magazine, 12/22/2012
“A short guide to hell”: in the New Year’s issue, the editors placed in a river of fire not only the Russian leader, but also his colleagues from Iran, Syria and the DPRK - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar Assad and Kim Jong-un, as well as the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The heads of Western powers - Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Benjamin Netanyahu - found themselves in a more privileged position. The material itself was compiled on the principle of advice to travelers about what to do to get to hell.
Time Magazine, 03/05/2012
"The Incredibly Shrinking Prime Minister of Russia" (a play on the title of the film The Incredible Shrinking Man): Correspondent Simon Schuster's narrative that Putin's power has become more fragile despite his imminent victory in the March elections has already been rebuked by Dmitry Peskov. Putin's press secretary called the author of the article "a Russophobe and a Putinophobe"
Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, 02/09/2012
“Putin’s Last Stand”: the most creative cover featuring the Russian Prime Minister is “woven” from concepts that form the political and economic agenda in the Russian Federation as of the beginning of this year: “United Russia”, “corruption”, “Gazprom”, “billionaires”, "Chechnya" etc.
Time Magazine, 12/12/2011
“Putin’s problem”: Vladimir Putin ruled the country for 12 years, until the post-Soviet generation asked the question: why did the country not live better during this time? Analysis of the surge in protest activity after the Duma elections in December.
The Economist Magazine, 12/10/2011
“Putin’s Russia: the ice has broken”: It’s time for Vladimir Putin to seriously clean up the Kremlin and modernize the economy - for the sake of all of Russia and for his own sake. Forecast for the development of the political and economic situation in the Russian Federation after the Duma elections and on the eve of the rally on Bolotnaya Square on December 10.
Courrier International Magazine, 07.12.2011
"Back to the USSR": a review of the new Vladimir Putin. The version 2.0 of Putin's policies announced by Dmitry Peskov is analyzed after the failure in the Duma elections" United Russia"and the prime minister's prospects questioned at the start of the presidential campaign.
The Economist Magazine, 08/16/2008
“Russia is being reborn. How will the West respond?”: the August 2008 conflict between the Russian Federation and Georgia brought to light the topic of Moscow’s geopolitical ambitions and its readiness to resist Western influence in the territories of the former Soviet republics.
Time Magazine, 12/31/2007
"Vladimir Putin: Tsar of the New Russia": Plato's canonical photograph of Putin symbolizes the moment of maximum power of the Russian leader. The “Man of the Year” has already delivered the Munich speech and enriched the political vocabulary with the terms “energy superpower” and “sovereign democracy,” but the Russian economy has not yet felt the impact of the global crisis.
The Economist Magazine, 12/16/2006
“Don't joke with Russia”: a not so neat photo collage presents Vladimir Putin in the classic image of Chicago gangsters. Instead of a real pistol, the cover hero has a refueling pistol in his hands: at the turn of 2006-2007, the West was seriously afraid of the Russian authorities’ habit of “flexing their energy muscles” and blackmailing partners with the threat of cutting off resource supplies.
Time Magazine, 11/10/2003
"Hello, comrade." Vladimir Putin and his team prefer to play hardball: locking up the country's richest man in prison, amassing billions of dollars in assets, and fighting Kremlin opponents. Does the Russian president intend to return to the Soviet form of government?
"Ukrainian Week" 03/15-21/2013
The New Yorker Magazine, 02/03/2014
Putin's Olympics. On the cover of the weekly magazine is Vladimir Putin as a figure skater, and five more Putins sit on the jury. The main topic of this issue is dedicated to the Olympics in Sochi. The author of the drawing is the artist Barry Blitt, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, whose work is so sharp that it is not always allowed to be published.
Piaui Magazine, 08/05/2013
Putin and Snowden: the Brazilian cultural magazine boldly played with history in its latest issue former employee CIA Edward Snowden, who, after two months of forced stay at Sheremetyevo, was finally released. The Russian President set the only condition for granting an American refugee status: to stop harming the national security of the United States. However, apart from the picture on the cover, there seems to be no mention of Snowden or Putin in the August issue of Piaui.
Economist magazine, 02.2014
On the cover is figure skater Vladimir Putin performing a pirouette, and behind him is a partner who has practically fallen through the ice with the inscription “Russia” on her back. Main material The issue is called “The Triumph of Vladimir Putin” and is dedicated to pre-Olympic Russia. The magazine's authors write that, despite the authority, influence and successes of Vladimir Putin personally, the country is not doing well, and its revival, which is talked about so much on the eve of the Olympics, does not look entirely impressive. Russia continues to experience corruption, capital and intelligence flight, low productivity and lack of competitiveness. The reason is the one created by the president political system, the authors are sure. As a result, Russia may share the fate of the USSR if it does not solve economic problems. The Olympics mark the end of a successful political year for Putin, the magazine writes.
Le magazine du Monde, 01/25/2014
This French magazine, in the article Poutine, le mâle absolu (it can be translated as “Putin: the perfect male,” but this loses the play on the expression “mal absolu” - absolute evil) followed a well-worn rut - it showed the masculinity of the Russian president and the connection of this image with the regime. The illustrations for the article include naked-chested fishing and horseback riding. The correspondent recalls how methodically the presidential press service presents new images of Putin the macho and Putin the athlete. “Nothing is more physical than power,” the journalist recalls the words of the philosopher Michel Foucault and adds that, according to Foucault, the body of the king in the 17th century was not a metaphor, but a political reality, “his physical presence was necessary for the functioning of the monarchy.” In Russia, according to Le magazine du Monde, the cult of personality has reached a global level, while maintaining the main features of tsarist and Soviet power.
Reflex Magazine, 02/06/2014
So far, only a preview of the article “Winter Olympics 2014: Putin’s games at any cost” is available on the website of the Czech socio-political magazine Reflex. The full text was published in the magazine on February 6. But the general mood of Czech journalists is clear. Putin is called “the ice king of the ice regime,” and the Olympics is called “breaking all conceivable and inconceivable records.” "Winter Olympics in the subtropics, where the most low temperature in February - about zero, in an area with extremely complex geology and frequent landslides, where laying the foundations of buildings requires three times more cement, this is already a victory over nature,” Reflex sneers.
New Statesman 03/06/2014
On the cover of New Statesman magazine, Putin appeared as a Soviet military man. "Who's next for Russia after Ukraine?" - featured on the cover of the English edition. In the March issue, by the way, there was also a column in which the author writes that in addition to corruption, dictatorship and other negative factors, one of the reasons for what is happening to Ukraine is a historical misunderstanding that Ukrainians are a nation, and not the younger brother of Moscow.
Newseek Polska 10.03.2014
Polish Newsweek, hinting at threats to the West from Putin, even decided to put the Russian president in a straitjacket. The headline on the cover reads: "Evil Empire." The caption under it is no less ominous: “If the world does not contain Putin right now, in a minute it may be too late.”
The Economist 03/08/14
At the beginning of March 2014, another issue of The Economist appeared with Vladimir Putin on the cover. “While you are reading this article, 46 million people are being held hostage in Ukraine,” this is how the main article in the issue begins, dedicated to the introduction Russian troops to Crimea. According to the publication's journalists, by his actions Putin trampled on the norms that strengthened the international order. And the Russian president himself poses a serious threat to its neighbors, while the residents of Ukraine know that under the influence of Russia the country will be “weak and dependent,” and Europe gives hope for overcoming corruption and strengthening the economy. And the occupation of Crimea, The Economist believes, should not go unpunished for Putin.
Time, 03.2014
The American magazine Time, which once declared Putin as its Person of the Year, again placed the president’s photo on the cover. “The Russian leader seems to hold all the cards in Crimea. But he still hasn’t won,” the editors note. Time insists: if the invasion of Ukraine does not turn into a disaster for Putin, then he will certainly not emerge victorious from the conflict.
Der Spiegel, 03/10/2014
"Arsonist. Who will stop Putin?" - asks the German publication. On the cover of the latest March issue of the weekly, the Russian president, on whose face one can read contempt and indifference, is surrounded by Western leaders that clearly do not match him in scale - British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The latter is holding a white flag in her hands - a symbol of how sluggishly the soft-hearted leaders of democratic powers are resisting Putin’s passionate onslaught.
The Week (British edition), 03/08/2014
The Week, 03/07/2014
IR (Latvia), 03/12/2014
The West faces uncomfortable questions that it must answer in order to stop the “new occupiers,” writes the Latvian magazine IR. The author believes that it is in vain that “smart heads” in the West believe that the Ukrainian conflict will not reach such a stage when it will be necessary to intervene Western countries. The situation is separated from the massacre by one centimeter, by which the trigger of the machine gun will move if one of the military in Crimea loses his nerve.
The Nation Magazine, 03/03/2014
Article by Professor Emeritus of Princeton and New York Universities Steven Cohen "Lies about Russia. How the American media misrepresents Putin, Sochi and Ukraine." The author is married to Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor-in-chief of the left-wing Nation. Cohen writes that the "demonization" of Putin in the news amounts to "toxic" and dishonest media practices bordering on Cold War-era alarmism.
"Coverage of events in Russia by the American press has been deteriorating for many years, although the country remains important to US national security. This is evidenced by the current tsunami of shamefully unprofessional and politically inflammatory articles in major newspapers and magazines - especially about the Olympics, Ukraine and invariably - President Vladimir Putin. Such vicious practices in the media have become the new norm everywhere,” Cohen begins his article with these words.
Polish magazine Polityka, 03/05/2014
“The Second Crimean War” is the title of the second topic of the issue. The magazine recalls that the Crimean War of the 50s of the 19th century left bad memories in historical memory French and English. According to the magazine, the Crimean War and the crisis in Crimea have more than enough in common. In the 19th century, Crimea was under the control of a weakened Ottoman Empire, in the 21st - weakened post-revolutionary Ukraine. In both cases, Russia claimed the peninsula. Both then and now, the conflict involved Western powers, who were frightened by the geopolitical consequences of Russia's success. However, if Russia loses this battle, the weaknesses of the Russian government, which it hides behind the harsh rhetoric of the Cold War, will be exposed, the magazine writes.
January 1958. On the cover - Nikita Khrushchev with the first artificial Earth satellite. For the flight of this satellite, which marked the beginning of space exploration on October 4, 1957, Khrushchev received the title “Man of the Year.” The name of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, thanks to whom first a satellite, then dogs, and then a man went into space, was classified at that time. For example, Yuri Gagarin in his autobiography “The Road to Space” never mentions Korolev’s first, middle or last name. Only "Chief Designer".
January 1959. Another Time cover by Artsybashev depicts the Soviet interplanetary station Luna-1, which was supposed to reach the surface of the Moon, but this did not happen, since an error crept into the flight cyclogram: when issuing a command to cut off the third stage engine (block “E”), which was issued from Earth, the time it took for the signal to travel from the command post to the station was not taken into account.
June 1960. "Rush hour in space. USA and Russia choose different roads". In the foreground is a squadron of American satellites, including the secret reconnaissance "Crown" with a secret trawl pickup. And the Russian inconspicuous rocket is lost in lunar space. The cover is dedicated to the launch of the largest American artificial satellite of the Earth - "Midas-2". The satellite is intended for early warnings after missile launches. In terms of weight of satellites, America lags behind the USSR, but is ahead in number and variety.
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