Timeline of Volgograd
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, Russia.
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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 - ru begins operating.
- 1871 - Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
- 1897
- Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.[1]
- Population: 55,914.
20th century
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- 1900
- 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
- ru opens.
- Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
- 1967 - The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
- 1980 - Volgograd State University founded.[9]
- 1984 - Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
- 1985 - ru opens.
- 1987 - ru founded.
- 1989 - Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
- 1991 - ru 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
- ru
- 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
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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Further reading
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External links
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