Timeline of Kharkiv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Prior to 20th century

Historical affiliations

Tsardom of Russia 1654–1721
Russian Empire 1721–1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917–1918
Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic 1918
Ukrainian People's Republic 1918–1919
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1919–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1941
Nazi Germany 1941–1943 (occupation)
Soviet Union 1943–1991
Ukraine 1991–present

1654 - Kharkiv founded by Cossacks (regiment's capital of Kharkiv Regiment).
1689 - Church of the Intercession (Kharkiv) [uk] built.^[1]
1734 - Kharkiv Collegium founded.^[2]
1764 - Church of the Holy Trinity built.^[1]
1765 - Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine province.^[2]
1777 - Assumption Cathedral built.^[1]
1797 - Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
1805 - Kharkiv University established.^[2]
1817 - Population: 12,892.^[3]
1820 - Building of Noble Assembly, Kharkiv [ru] constructed on Market Square, Kharkiv [ru].
1835 - Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.^[2]
1867 - Population: 59,968.^[4]
1868 - Railway begins operating.^[2]
1878 - Student protest.^[5]
1882
- Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.^[6]
- Population: 133,139.^[7]
1885 - Technological Institute founded.^[8]
1886 - Kharkiv Public Library^[9] and Museum of Art and Industry^[10] established.
1893 - Myronosytska Church rebuilt.^[1]
1895 - Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
1897 - Population: 170,682.
1900
- Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.^[2]
- Population: 197,405.^[4]

20th century

1901 - Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.^[1]
1903 - "People's palace" established.^[4]
1906 - Tram begins operating.^{[citation needed]}
1913
- Choral Synagogue built.
- Population: 258,360.^[11]
1917 - December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
1918
- February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.^[2]
- April: troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic take control of Kharkiv together with the German Army.^[12]
1919
- January : Kharkiv taken by the Red Army.
- March : Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkiv.
- June : Kharkiv taken by the White Army.
- December : Kharkiv retaken by the Red Army.
1920
- City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[2]
- Museum of History opens.^[10]
1921 - Futurist Komkosmos group formed.^[13]
1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.^[1]
1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
1926
- Traktor Stadium opens.
- Population: 417,342.^[14]
1927
- Nova Generatsiia literary journal begins publication.^[1]
- Morozov Design Bureau (arms industry) established.
1928
- Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.^[1]^[15]
- Literaturnyi iarmarok journal begins publication.^[16]
1929
- Institute of Political Education established.
- Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.^[1]
1930
- International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.^[13]
- National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
1932
- Holodomor (famine).^[17]
- City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations^[1] and KhTZ Stadium built.
1934
- Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.^[14]
- Kharkov Opera House [uk] opens.
- International Hotel built.^[1]
- Red Factory Theatre built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1935
- College of Textile and Design established.^{[citation needed]}
- Shevchenko monument erected in Postyshev Park [ru].^[1]
1939 - Population: 833,432.^[14]
1940 - April–May: Execution of Polish officers in Kharkov [ru].
1941 - 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
1942 - 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
1943
- 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
- 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
1947 - Zerkalʹnaya struya (fountain) built.
1954
- Kharkov Airport opens.
- Institute of Fire Safety established.^[18]
1959 - Population: 934,136.
1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.^{[citation needed]}
1964
- Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
- Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
1965 - Population: 1,070,000.^[19]
1972 - 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
1975 - Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
1979 - Population: 1,485,000.^[20]
1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
1985 - Population: 1,554,000.^[21]
1988 - Museum of Literature established.^[10]
1989
- Population: 1,609,959.
- Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.^[22]
1990
- UkrSibbank (bank) headquartered in city.
- Mykola Lysenko Kharkiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre [uk] built.
1991 - City becomes part of independent Ukraine.^[23]
1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

21st century

2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.^[24]
2004 - Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
2006 - 22 April: 2006 Kharkiv supermarket bombings.
2010 - Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
2012 - June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
2014
- 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
- Kharkiv Battalion established.
- Population: 1,451,132.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Hewryk 1992.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Kharkiv". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.
^ Hamm 1981.
^ ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.
^ "Russia". Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1878. Vol. 18. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1886 – via HathiTrust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ "Khar'kiv". Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help)
^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ Samuel D. Kassow (1989). Students, Professors, and the State in Tsarist Russia. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05760-9 – via Google Books. (fulltext)
^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Russia and Finland". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 477–478. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Ivanova 2003.
^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ (in Ukrainian) 100 years ago Bakhmut and the rest of Donbass liberated, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 April 2018)
^ ^a ^b George S. N. Luckyj (1990). Literary Politics in the Soviet Ukraine, 1917-1934. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1099-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kharkov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 937, OL 6112221M
^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
^ Chris Michaelides, ed. (2007). "Chronology of the European Avant Garde, 1900─1937". Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937. Online Exhibitions. British Library.
^ Sheila Fitzpatrick (1999). Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505000-4.
^ 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.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. Kharkov
^ Henry W. Morton; Robert C. Stuart, eds. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
^ 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. Kharkov{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Cincinnati USA Sister City Association". Archived from the original on 19 May 2013.
^ Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Ukraine". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.

This article incorporates information from the Ukrainian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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D. I. Bagalei; D. I. Miller (1905). Istoriia goroda Khar'kova za 250 let ego sushchestvovaniia s 1655 do 1905 g. [History of Kharkov] (in Ukrainian). Khar'kov. OCLC 16583341. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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"Kharkov". Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1914. OCLC 1328163. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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Elena Ivanova (2003). "Changes in Collective Memory: The Schematic Narrative Template of Victimhood in Kharkiv Museums". Journal of Museum Education. 28 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1080/10598650.2003.11510471. JSTOR 40479276.

External links

Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Kharkiv, various dates

[FOOTNOTEHewryk1992-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Hewryk 1992.

[Katchanovski2013-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Kharkiv". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.

[FOOTNOTEHamm1981-3] Hamm 1981.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] Britannica 1910.

[5] "Russia". Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1878. Vol. 18. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1886 – via HathiTrust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[yivo-6] "Khar'kiv". Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help)

[7] "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[Kassow1989-8] Samuel D. Kassow (1989). Students, Professors, and the State in Tsarist Russia. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05760-9 – via Google Books. (fulltext)

[9] "Leading Libraries of the World: Russia and Finland". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 477–478. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[FOOTNOTEIvanova2003-10] Ivanova 2003.

[11] "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[12] (in Ukrainian) 100 years ago Bakhmut and the rest of Donbass liberated, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 April 2018)

[Luckyj1990-13] George S. N. Luckyj (1990). Literary Politics in the Soviet Ukraine, 1917-1934. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1099-6.

[lippincott1952-14] Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kharkov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 937, OL 6112221M

[15] "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015

[michaelides2007-16] Chris Michaelides, ed. (2007). "Chronology of the European Avant Garde, 1900─1937". Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937. Online Exhibitions. British Library.

[Fitzpatrick1999-17] Sheila Fitzpatrick (1999). Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505000-4.

[Ruegg2011-18] 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.

[19] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. Kharkov

[Morton1984-20] Henry W. Morton; Robert C. Stuart, eds. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.

[21] 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. Kharkov{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[22] "Cincinnati USA Sister City Association". Archived from the original on 19 May 2013.

[Katchanovski2013-chronology-23] Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.

[katolsk-24] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Ukraine". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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