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Timeline of Kharkiv

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1654 - Kharkiv founded by Cossacks.
  • 1689 - Church of the Intercession (Kharkiv) built.
  • 1734 - Kharkiv Collegium founded.
  • 1764 - Church of the Holy Trinity built.
  • 1765 - Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine province.
  • 1777 - Assumption Cathedral built.
  • 1797 - Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
  • 1805 - Kharkiv University established.
  • 1817 - Population: 12,892.
  • 1820 - Building of Noble Assembly, Kharkiv constructed on Market Square, Kharkiv.
  • 1835 - Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.
  • 1867 - Population: 59,968.
  • 1868 - Railway begins operating.
  • 1878 - Student protest.
  • 1882
  • Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.
  • Population: 133,139.
  • 1885 - Technological Institute founded.
  • 1886 - Kharkov Public Library and Museum of Art and Industry established.
  • 1893 - Myronosytska Church rebuilt.
  • 1895 - Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 170,682.

    • 20th century

  • 1900
  • Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.
  • Population: 197,405.
  • 1901 - Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.
  • 1903 - "People's palace" established.
  • 1906 - Tram begins operating.
  • 1913
  • Choral Synagogue built.
  • Population: 258,360.
  • 1917 - December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
  • 1918 - February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
  • 1919 - Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkov.
  • 1920
  • City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Museum of History opens.
  • 1921 - Futurist Komkosmos group formed.
  • 1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
  • 1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.
  • 1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
  • 1926
  • Traktor Stadium opens.
  • Population: 417,342.
  • 1927
  • Nova Generatsiia literary journal begins publication.
  • Morozov Design Bureau (arms industry) established.
  • 1928
  • Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.
  • Literaturnyi iarmarok journal begins publication.
  • 1929
  • Institute of Political Education established.
  • Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.
  • 1930
  • International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.
  • National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
  • 1932
  • Holodomor (famine).
  • City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
  • 1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations and KhTZ Stadium built.
  • 1934
  • Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.
  • Kharkov Opera House opens.
  • International Hotel built.
  • Red Factory Theatre built (approximate date).
  • 1935
  • College of Textile and Design established.
  • Shevchenko monument erected in Postyshev Park.
  • 1939 - Population: 833,432.
  • 1940 - April–May: Execution of Polish officers in Kharkov.
  • 1941 - 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
  • 1942 - 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
  • 1943
  • 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
  • 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
  • 1947 - Zerkalʹnaya struya (fountain) built.
  • 1954
  • Kharkov Airport opens.
  • Institute of Fire Safety established.
  • 1959 - Population: 934,136.
  • 1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.
  • 1964
  • Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
  • Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
  • 1970 - Population: 1,222,852.
  • 1972 - 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
  • 1975 - Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
  • 1979 - Population: 1,485,000.
  • 1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
  • 1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
  • 1988 - Museum of Literature established.
  • 1989
  • Population: 1,609,959.
  • Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
  • 1990
  • UkrSibbank (bank) headquartered in city.
  • Mykola Lysenko Kharkiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre built.
  • 1991 - City becomes part of independent Ukraine.
  • 1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
  • 2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.
  • 2004 - Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
  • 2006 - 22 April: 2006 Kharkiv supermarket bombings.
  • 2010 - Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
  • 2012 - June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
  • 2014
  • 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
  • Kharkiv Battalion established.
  • Population: 1,451,132.

    • References

    Timeline of Kharkiv Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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