Timeline of Volgograd
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.[1]
- 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stepan Razin.[2]
- 1774 – Town taken by forces of Pugachev.[1]
- 1862 – Volga-Don Railway begins operating.
- 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
- 1897
- Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.[1]
- Population: 55,914.
- 1900
- Tsaritsyn city library established.
- Population: 67,650.[2]
20th century
- 1911 – Synagogue built.[1]
- 1913 – Population: 100,817.[3]
- 1917 – Tsaritsyn soviet formed.[4]
- 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
- 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad."[5]
- 1926 – Population: 151,490.[1]
- 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
- 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.[1]
- 1939 – Population: 445,476.[1]
- 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.[6]
- 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.[7]
- 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
- 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
- 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.[8]
- 1961
- 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."[5]
- Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
- 1964
- Astrakhan Bridge opens.
- Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
- 1965 – Population: 700,000.[9]
- 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
- 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.[10]
- 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
- 1985
- Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad opens.
- Population: 974,000.[11]
- 1987 – Volgograd Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
- 1991 – Yuri Chekhov becomes mayor.[12]
- 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.[13]
- 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.[14]
- 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
21st century
- 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.[2]
- 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
- 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
- 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
- 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
- 2013
- 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
- 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
- 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
See also
- Volgograd history
- History of Volgograd
- Other names of Volgograd, e.g. Tsaritzin
- Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don
References
- ^ a b c d e f Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Stalingrad", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1818, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ^ Raleigh 1981.
- ^ a b "Volgograd Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- ^ Richard Overy, ed. (2013). New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945. USA: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60376-377-6.
- ^ "Russians Liquidate Last Stalingrad Pocket", New York Times, On This Day, 3 February 1943
- ^ Neil Cornwell, ed. (1998). Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-134-26077-5.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
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- ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 575+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Tsaritsyn", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Tzaritzuin", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- Donald J. Raleigh (1981). "Revolutionary Politics in Provincial Russia: The Tsaritsyn 'Republic' in 1917". Slavic Review. 40 (2): 194–209. doi:10.2307/2496946. JSTOR 2496946.
- Joel C. Moses (2002). "Political-Economic Elites and Russian Regional Elections 1999-2000: Democratic Tendencies in Kaliningrad, Perm and Volgograd". Europe-Asia Studies. 54 (6): 905–931. doi:10.1080/0966813022000008456. JSTOR 826288.
External links
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Volgograd, various dates