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Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."
  • 1227 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) built.
  • 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
  • 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.
  • 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
  • 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.
  • 1631 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) rebuilt.
  • 1719 – Stroganov church built.
  • 1817 – Annual Makaryev Fair begins.
  • 1822 – Old Fair Church of the Transfiguration (Nizhny Novgorod) built.
  • 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
  • 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
  • 1867 – Population: 40,742.
  • 1881 – Population: 57,530.
  • 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.
  • 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
  • 1897 – Population: 98,503.

    • 20th century

  • 1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication.
  • 1913 – Population: 112,300.
  • 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
  • 1918 – N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established.
  • 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
  • 1926 – Population: 222,356.
  • 1929
  • Shukhov Towers erected.
  • Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.
  • Sormovo becomes part of city.
  • 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
  • 1932
  • City renamed "Gorky."
  • Gorky Automobile Plant established.
  • Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
  • 1939 – Population: 644,116.
  • 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.
  • 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
  • 1965 – Bor bridge built.
  • 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
  • 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.
  • 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.
  • 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
  • 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
  • 1992 – GAZ privatized.
  • 1994
  • Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.
  • Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.
  • 2002 – Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) opens.
  • 2010 – Population: 1,250,619.
  • 2012 – Nizhny Novgorod cable car to Bor begins operating.

    • References

    Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod Wikipedia
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