Timeline of Rostov-on-Don
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.[1][2]
- 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.[citation needed]
- 1811 - Coat of arms design adopted.[3]
- 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.[4]
- 1842 - Synagogue built.[5]
- 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.[6]
- 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.[citation needed]
- 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.[citation needed]
- 1881 - Population: 70,700.[1]
- 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
- 1897 - Population: 119,889.[1]
- 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.[1]
20th century
[edit]- 1905 - Population: 126,375.[1]
- 1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don built.[7]
- 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
- 1913 - Population: 204,725.[8]
- 1915 - Rostov State University founded.[9]
- 1917 - Cossacks take city.
- 1920
- January: Red Army takes city.[10]
- Temernitskiy District established.[11]
- 1926 - Population: 308,103.[4]
- 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.[12]
- 1928
- Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.[4]
- Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.[citation needed]
- 1929
- Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
- Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
- 1930
- Selmashstroy football club formed.
- Olimp-2 stadium built.[13]
- 1936 - Pervomaiske Raion established.[11]
- 1937
- RODKA football club formed.
- Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don, Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don,[11] and Rostov Oblast[14] established.
- 1939
- Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
- Population: 520,253.[4]
- 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
- 1942 - City taken by German forces.[4]
- Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
- 1965
- Voroshilovsky bridge built.
- Population: 720,000.[15]
- 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
- 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
- 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
- 1985
- Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don established.[11]
- Population: 986,000.[16]
- 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.[9]
- 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
- 1996
- Mikhail Chernyshev becomes mayor.
- Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.[17][18]
- 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
21st century
[edit]- 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
- 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
- 2010
- Stele City of Military Glory erected.
- Population: 1,089,261.
- 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
- 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
- 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.
See also
[edit]- Rostov-on-Don history
- History of Rostov-on-Don
- Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Volgograd
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ "History, Destinies, Persons". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Symbolics". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rostov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1605, OL 6112221M
- ^ Wiernik 1907.
- ^ "Rostov-on-Don". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Baedeker 1914.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ a b Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ Murphy 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f "Districts of the City". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Western Europe: Russia and former Soviet Union (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. p. 375+. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ^ "A Look at the Venues Hosting 2018 World Cup", New York Times, 15 July 2014
- ^ "Rostov Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
- ^ Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). "Rostov Oblast". The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. p. 445. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Rostof, on river Don". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (2nd ed.). London: John Murray. 1868.
- Peter Wiernik (1907), "Rostof", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752854
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 755.
- "Rostov-on-the-Don", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- Brian Murphy (2005). Rostov in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920. Routledge. ISBN 1-134-27128-X.
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