Titans of History (81 page)

Grigory Potemkin, courtesy of author.

Portrait of Alexander Pushkin, 1827, by Orest Adamovich Kiprensky. (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia / The Bridgeman Art Library)

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, photographed by Jabez Hughes at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. (Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library)

Wilhelm II on a picture postcard, 1905. Author: Reichard und Lindner; publisher: Gustav Liersch & Co. (
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Sarah Bernhardt,
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1900 (Photo by APIC/Getty Images)

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia pictured with his four grandchildren, 1935. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Joseph Stalin. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Gamal Abdel Nasser. (STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Elvis Presley recording in the studio. (Photo by Don Cravens//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Idi Amin Dada, the president of Uganda, takes the oath of allegiance of twelve British ex-army officers who are to serve in Amin's armed forces. November 3, 1975. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung inspecting a soccer ground in Pyongyang. (AFP/Getty Images)

Mao Zedong shaking hands in 1974 in Beijing with Deng Xiaoping. (AFP/Getty Images)