Timeline of Yekaterinburg
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1723 - Ekaterinburg fortress built.[1]
- 1725 - Verkhne-Isetski ironworks established.[1]
- 1735 - Mint begins operating.[2]
- 1758 - St. Catherine's Cathedral founded.[2]
- 1774 - Epiphany Cathedral founded.[2]
- 1783 - Yekaterinburg coat of arms design adopted.[3]
- 1824 - Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace built.
- 1839 - Trinity Cathedral, Yekaterinburg consecrated.
- 1845 - Ekaterinburg Drama Theatre founded.[4]
- 1853 - Natural history museum opens.[2]
- 1860 - Population: 19,830.[2]
- 1876 - Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) built.
- 1878 - Perm-Ekaterinburg railway begins operating.[3]
- 1883 - Population: 25,133.[5]
- 1885 - Russian Orthodox Diocese of Yekaterinburg established.
- 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.[1]
- 1897 - Population: 43,052.
20th century
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- 1913 - Population: 70,000.[6]
- 1918 - 17 July: Execution of the Romanov family by Bolsheviks.[7]
- 1919 - City becomes capital of the Yekaterinburg Governorate.[1]
- 1920 - Ural State University founded[8] (including Ural Industrial Institute).
- 1923 - City becomes capital of Ural Oblast.[1]
- 1924 - City renamed "Sverdlovsk."[8]
- 1926 - Population: 136,421.[1]
- 1928 - Nizhne-Isetski becomes part of city.[1]
- 1930
- Sverdlovsk Zoo established.[9]
- Avangard football club formed.
- Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) demolished.
- 1932 - Uktus Airfield in operation.[citation needed]
- 1933 - Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant begins operating.[1]
- 1934
- Urals State Conservatory founded.
- City becomes capital of the Sverdlovsk Oblast.[8]
- 1936 - Ural Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
- 1939 - Population: 425,544.[1]
- 1941 - Red Army Theatre relocates temporarily to Sverdlovsk.[10]
- 1943 - Koltsovo Airport in operation.[citation needed]
- 1955 - Television Centre begins broadcasting.[11]
- 1957 - Central Stadium built.
- 1977 - Ipatiev House demolished.
- 1979
- 2 April: Sverdlovsk anthrax leak.
- Population: 1,239,000.[12]
- 1983 - TV Tower construction begins.
- 1991
- City named "Yekaterinburg" again.[8]
- Yekaterinburg Metro begins operating.[8]
- Yekaterinburg Commodity Exchange founded.[8]
- 1992 - Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky becomes mayor.
- 1993 - 27 September: Urals Republic declared.[8][13]
- 1999 - Bishop Oleg Mironov ousted.[14]
21st century
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- 2000 - City becomes part of the Ural Federal District.[citation needed]
- 2003 - Church of All Saints built.
- 2006 - Ikea branch in business.[15][1]
- 2009
- 16 June: 1st BRIC summit held in city.
- Yeltsin Presidential Center founded.[2][16]
- 2010
- Alexander Yacob becomes head of city administration.[3]
- February Revolution (apartment complex) built on February Revolution Street (Ekaterinburg)
- Population: 1,349,772.
- 2011
- Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of Yekaterinburg established.
- Vysotsky (skyscraper) built.
- 2013
- 15 February: Chelyabinsk meteor visible from city.
- 28 August: Search for escaped crocodile.[17]
- 8 September: Yekaterinburg mayoral election, 2013 held; Yevgeny Roizman wins.
- Population: 1,424,702.[3]
See also
- Yekaterinburg history
- History of Yekaterinburg
- List of mayors of Yekaterinburg
- List of administrative-territorial units headquartered in Yekaterinburg (in Russian)
- List of landmarks in Yekaterinburg
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Sverdlovsk", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1851, OL 6112221M
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Ekaterinburg", 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) - ^ a b c d "Официальный портал Екатеринбурга". Retrieved March 2015.
English version
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Ron Rubin, ed. (1994). "Russia". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-11804-3.
- ^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
{{cite book}}: 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) - ^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ^ Laurence Senelick and Sergei Ostrovsky, ed. (2014). The Soviet Theater: A Documentary History. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19476-0.
- ^ Paul Dukes (2015). A History of the Urals: Russia's Crucible from Early Empire to the Post-Soviet Era. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-7379-7.
- ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ^ "Meek revolt transforms Sverdlovsk". The Independent. UK. 14 July 1993.
- ^ Michael R. Gordon (22 July 1999). "Orthodox Bishop in Russia, Accused of Corruption, Is Removed". New York Times.
- ^ "Russia: Richer, bolder—and sliding back", The Economist, 13 July 2006
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Steven Lee Myers (5 June 2014). "Where Some May Say No Thanks for the Memories". New York Times.
- ^ "Escaped crocodile in Yekaterinburg, Russia, sparks police hunt", The Guardian, London, 29 August 2013
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Georg Adolf Erman (1848). "(Yekaterinburg)". Travels in Siberia. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
Translated from the German by William Desborough Cooley
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - W.G. Blackie, ed. (1875). "Ekaterinburg". Imperial Gazetteer. London: Blackie & Son.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Ekaterinburg". Guide to the Great Siberian Railway. St. Petersburg: Ministry of Ways of Communication. 1900.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Yekaterinburg", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
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