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 - Fort 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 - Moscow Hotel built.
- 1897 - Population: 119,889.[1]
- 1899 - Town hall built.[1]
20th century
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- 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 - 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]
- 1965 - Voroshilov Bridge built.
- 1967 - Population: 757,000.
- 1969 - Fallen Warrier Monument unveiled.
- 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
- 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
- 1982 - Population: 966,000.
- 1985 - Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don established.[11]
- 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.[15][16]
21st century
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- 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
- 2007 - Church of the Intercession (Rostov-on-Don) built.
- 2009 - 24 July: 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
- 2010
- Rostov-on-Don City of Military Glory memorial erected.
- Population: 1,089,261.
- 2016 - 19 March: Airplane crash occurs.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Rostov-on-the-Don", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "History, Destinies, Persons". Rostov-on-Don. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Symbolics". Rostov-on-Don. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ 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
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Peter Wiernik (1907), "Rostof", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Rostov-on-Don". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Rostov-on-the-Don", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ Brian Murphy (2005). Rostov in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920. Routledge. ISBN 1-134-27128-X.
- ^ a b c d e f "Districts of the City". Rostov-on-Don. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Western Europe: Russia and former Soviet Union (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "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. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.
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Further reading
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- "Rostof, on river Don". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (2nd ed.). London: John Murray. 1868.
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