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.
20th century
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- 1900
- Tsaritsyn city library established.
- Population: 67,650.[2]
- 1911 - Synagogue built.[1]
- 1913 - Population: 100,817.[3]
- 1917 - Tsaritsyn soviet formed.[4]
- 1918 - Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
- 1925 - 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
- City renamed "Volgograd."[5]
- Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
- 1964
- Astrakhan Bridge opens.
- Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
- 1967 - The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
- 1980 - Volgograd State University founded.[9]
- 1984 - Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
- 1985 - Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad opens.
- 1987 - Volgograd Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1989 - Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
- 1991 - Yuri Chekhov becomes mayor.[10]
- 1992 - Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.[11]
- 1996 - Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.[12]
21st century
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- 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
- 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
- Other cities in Russia
- Timeline of Grozny
- Timeline of Kaliningrad
- Timeline of Kazan
- Timeline of Krasnodar
- Timeline of Makhachkala
- Timeline of Moscow
- Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod
- Timeline of Novosibirsk
- Timeline of Omsk
- Timeline of Pskov
- Timeline of Rostov-on-Don
- Timeline of Saint Petersburg
- Timeline of Samara
- Timeline of Smolensk
- Timeline of Vladivostok
- Timeline of Voronezh
- Timeline of Yekaterinburg
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
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Tsaritsyn", 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) - ^ "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) - ^ Donald J. Raleigh (1981). "Revolutionary Politics in Provincial Russia: The Tsaritsyn 'Republic' in 1917". Slavic Review. 40. JSTOR 2496946.
- ^ a b "Volgograd 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) - ^ 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.
- ^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ Joel C. Moses (2002). "Political-Economic Elites and Russian Regional Elections 1999-2000: Democratic Tendencies in Kaliningrad, Perm and Volgograd". Europe-Asia Studies. 54. JSTOR 826288.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
{{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.
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Further reading
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- "Tzaritzuin", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
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External links
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