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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Minsk, Belarus.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 1067 - Battle on the Nemiga River occurs near Minsk.
  • 1104 - Town besieged by Kiev forces.
  • 1115 - Town besieged by Kiev forces again.
  • 1129 - Town becomes part of Kievan Rus.
  • 1242 - Town becomes part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  • 1413 - Minsk becomes part of the Vilno Voivodship.
  • 1441 - City charter granted.
  • 1499 - Magdeburg rights granted.
  • 1505 - City besieged by Crimean Khanate army.
  • 1508 - City besieged by Muscovy forces.
  • 1552 - Town privileges extended.
  • 1569 - City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • 1591 - Minsk coat of arms granted.
  • 1616 - Basilian monastery, Minsk founded.
  • 1642 - Bernardine monastery built.
  • 1654 - Russians in power.
  • 1667 - City becomes part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth again.
  • 1673 - Church built at Kalvaryja.
  • 1685 - Yeshiva founded.
  • 1708 - Swedes in power.
  • 1709 - Russians in power.
  • 1710 - Jesuit church built.
  • 1793 - City becomes part of Russian Empire.
  • 1796 - City becomes centre of Minsk Governorate.
  • 1798 - Catholic diocese of Minsk formed.
  • 1799 - Orthodox diocese of Minsk and Volyn headquartered in Minsk.

    • 19th century

  • 1805 - Governor's Garden established.
  • 1808 - Kalvaryja cemetery in use (approximate date).
  • 1812 - November: Russian forces oust the French.
  • 1821 - Population: 2,000 (approximate).
  • 1825 - Pischalauski Castle built.
  • 1827 - Population: 3,000 (approximate).
  • 1831 - Polish uprising.
  • 1836 - Alexander Square, Minsk established.
  • 1837 - Fire brigade in operation.
  • 1838 - Minskiye gubernskiye vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
  • 1840 - Military Cemetery established.
  • 1844 - Theatre opens.
  • 1845
  • Public library established.
  • Population: 20,000 (approximate).
  • 1846 - Moscow-Warsaw road laid out.
  • 1857 - Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul rebuilt.
  • 1860 - Population: 27,000.
  • 1864 - Church of Holy Trinity consecrated.
  • 1871 – Moscow-Warsaw railway begins operating.
  • 1872 - Municipal water supply introduced.
  • 1873 - Vilnius railway station built.
  • 1882 - Population: 53,328.
  • 1886 - Minskiy Listok newspaper begins publication.
  • 1890 - Kupala Theatre opens.
  • 1892 – Horse tram begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 91,494.
  • 1898 - Russian Social Democratic Labour Party founded in Minsk.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 - "All-Russian Congress of Zionists" held in Minsk.
  • 1910 - Church of Saints Simon and Helena consecrated.
  • 1911 - Tolstoy library founded.
  • 1913 - Population: 117,600.
  • 1914 - Minsk teachers institute founded.
  • 1917
  • November: "Bolshevik troops arrive in Minsk."
  • December: First All-Belarusian Congress meets in city.
  • 1918
  • February: German forces oust Bolsheviks.
  • 25 March: "First All-Belarusian Congress declares independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic."
  • 1919
  • 8 January: City becomes capital of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • August: Poles engage in Operation Minsk against Soviets.
  • 1920
  • July: Soviet forces take city.
  • Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute established.
  • Theatre opens.
  • 1921
  • Aleksandrovsky, Lyakhovsky, and Central administrative districts created.
  • Belarusian State University established.
  • City hosts first All-Belarusian Conference of Librarians.
  • 1923 - Museum of the First Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party founded.
  • 1926 - January: City hosts first Congress of Belarusian Archeologists and Archeographers.
  • 1927 - Sovetskaya Belorussiya newspaper begins publication.
  • 1929 – Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1930 - Minsk State Medical Institute founded.
  • 1931 - Belarussian Young Spectators' Theatre established.
  • 1932 - Belarusian State Conservatory, Minsk Botanical Garden, and Kamaroúski Park established.
  • 1933
  • Minsk-1 Airport begins operating.
  • Opera and Ballet Theatre and Belarusian Institute for National Economy established.
  • 1934 - Dynama Stadium built.
  • 1937 - Kurapaty death camp begins operating near city.
  • 1938 - Kaganovich, Stalin, and Voroshilov administrative districts created.
  • 1939
  • Soviet Belarus film studio relocates to Minsk.
  • National Opera and Ballet of Belarus building opens.
  • Belarusian State Art Gallery established.
  • Population: 238,948.
  • 1941
  • June: Bombing of Minsk.
  • June 28: German occupation begins.
  • July 17: Reichskommissariat Ostland established.
  • July 20: Minsk Ghetto established.
  • 1942 - May: Maly Trostenets extermination camp in operation.
  • 1943 - State Archive for Film established.
  • 1944
  • 4 July: Red Army takes city.
  • Minsk Automobile Plant established.
  • Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum opens.
  • Zvyazda newspaper in publication.
  • 1945 - Belarus Theatrical Institute founded.
  • 1946
  • Minsk Tractor Works established.
  • Belarusian Institute of Technology relocates to Minsk.
  • 1948 - Minsk Institute for Foreign Languages founded.
  • 1950
  • Yanka Kupala Park and Pobieda Kino (cinema) established.
  • Tarpeda Stadium built.
  • Belarusian State Puppet Theatre active.
  • 1954
  • Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant founded.
  • Victory Square monument erected.
  • 1955
  • Children's Railroad opens.
  • Vasily Ivanovich Sharapov becomes mayor.
  • 1957 - Belarusian State History Museum established.
  • 1959
  • Minsk Refrigerator Plant established.
  • Population: 509,667.
  • 1963 - MKAD (Minsk) ring road constructed.
  • 1964 - Radioengineering Institute established.
  • 1967 - Vecherniy Minsk newspaper begins publication.
  • 1968 - Stadium of the VSS Red Banner opens.
  • 1970
  • Belarussian State Musical Comedy Theatre active.
  • Population: 917,428.
  • 1971 - Belarus Optical & Mechanical Enterprise founded.
  • 1979
  • Belarusian History Museum opens.
  • Population: 1,333,000.
  • 1981 - Biennial puppet festival begins.
  • 1982 - Minsk National Airport begins operating.
  • 1984
  • Minsk Metro begins operating.
  • Minsk Zoo opens.
  • 1988 - 30 October: Demonstration; crackdown.
  • 1989
  • 19 February: "Rally of 'informals.'"
  • 30 September: Environmental protest.
  • 1989 - Population: 1,607,077.
  • 1990 - Public Library of the City of Minsk established.
  • 1991
  • April: Labor strike.
  • City becomes capital of Republic of Belarus.
  • City "becomes the headquarters of the successor to the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States."
  • Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum and Academy of Public Administration founded.
  • 1992 - International Sakharov Environmental University and Republican Institute for Vocational Education established.
  • 1993
  • July: Belarusians of the World congress held in city.
  • Listapad film festival begins.
  • 1995 - Vladimir Yermoshin becomes mayor.
  • 1996
  • November: "Chernobyl march."
  • National Academic Bolshoi Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus and National Academic Opera Theatre of Belarus formed.
  • 1999
  • 30 May: Nyamiha metro disaster.
  • Moscow bus station (Minsk) built.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • 15 March: Political demonstration held.
  • Mikhail Pavlov becomes mayor.
  • Darida Stadium opens.
  • 2001 - March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.
  • 2002
  • Minsk Passazhirsky railway station and Football Manege arena built.
  • MKAD (Minsk) ring road rebuilt.
  • 2004
  • Kurapaty monument installed.
  • IIHF World U18 Championships held.
  • 2005 - 14 May: Water féerie demonstration.
  • 2006
  • March: Jeans Revolution.
  • November: Summit of Commonwealth of Independent States.
  • National Library of Belarus building opens.
  • 2007 - March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.
  • 2008 - 4 July: Bombing.
  • 2009 - Ў Gallery founded.
  • 2010
  • December: Post-election demonstration.
  • Minsk-Arena opens.
  • Nikolai Aleksandrovich Ladutko becomes mayor.
  • 2011
  • 11 April: Metro bombing.
  • Protests against Lukashenko regime.
  • 2012
  • 4 July: Teddy bear airdrop.
  • Population: 1,901,700.
  • 2014
  • May: 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship held in city.
  • Andrei Victorovich Shorets becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,921,807 city; 2,101,018 metro.

    • References

    Timeline of Minsk Wikipedia
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