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Timeline of Makhachkala

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.

Contents

19th century

  • 1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians.
  • 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built.
  • 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status.
  • 1870 - Harbor constructed.
  • 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built.
  • 1897 - Population: 9,806.

    • 20th century

  • 1919
  • No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
  • Population: 18,000.
  • 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.
  • 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."
  • 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.
  • 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
  • 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.
  • 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
  • 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.
  • 1939 - Population: 86,836.
  • 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).
  • 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
  • 1957 - Dagestan State University established.
  • 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.
  • 1959 - Population: 119,334.
  • 1970
  • 14 May: Earthquake.
  • Population: 185,863.
  • 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
  • 1989 - Population: 317,475.
  • 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
  • 1991
  • City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.
  • Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
  • 13 June: Muslim demonstration.
  • 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
  • 1996 - August: Bombing.
  • 1998
  • Said Amirov becomes mayor.
  • Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.
  • 2002
  • 18 January: Bombing.
  • Population: 462,412.
  • 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.
  • 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
  • 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
  • 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
  • 2010 - Population: 572,076.
  • 2011
  • 22 November: Bombings.
  • 25 November: Protest.
  • 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.
  • 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.

    • References

    Timeline of Makhachkala Wikipedia
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