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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1893 - Novonikolayevsk settlement developed on former village site during building of Trans Siberian Railway.
  • 1897 - Bridge built over Ob River.

    • 20th century

  • 1906 - First bank opens.
  • 1913 - Population: 62,967.
  • 1915 - Chapel of St. Nicholas built.
  • 1917 - December: Soviets in power.
  • 1921 - City becomes seat of the Novonikolayevsk Governorate.
  • 1922 - Monument to the Heroes of the Revolution unveiled.
  • 1925
  • Central Park, Novosibirsk established.
  • Lenin Building constructed on Krasny Prospekt.
  • City becomes capital of the Siberian Krai.
  • 1926
  • City renamed "Novosibirsk."
  • Population: 120,128.
  • 1927
  • Spartak Stadium opens.
  • Statue of Lenin unveiled on Barnaul Street.
  • 1930 - City becomes capital of the Western Siberian Krai.
  • 1932 - National Bank building constructed.
  • 1933 - Novosibirsk Regional Puppet Theatre founded.
  • 1935 - Marketplace area officially named Stalin Square, Novosibirsk
  • 1936 - Football Club Sibir Novosibirsk formed.
  • 1937 - City becomes part of Novosibirsk Oblast.
  • 1939
  • Novosibirsk military infantry school established.
  • Population: 405,589.
  • 1945 - Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre building opens.
  • 1946 - Central Siberian Botanic Garden established.
  • 1947 - Novosibirsk Zoo founded.
  • 1952
  • Novosibirsk Planetarium opens in Central Park.
  • Kleschihinskoe cemetery established.
  • 1955 - Communal Bridge built.
  • 1956 - Novosibirsk State Conservatory established.
  • 1957
  • Novosibirsk trolley begins operating.
  • Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences established.[1]
  • Novosibirsk Reservoir created near city.
  • 1958 - Institute of Economics and Organization of Industrial Production established.
  • 1959
  • Novosibirsk State University established.
  • Novosibirsk Theatre of Musical Comedy established in Central Park.
  • Population: 885,045.
  • Development of science town Akademgorodok begins near city.
  • 1964 - Ice Sports Palace Sibir opens.
  • 1967 - Novosibirsk Military Command Academy established.
  • 1970
  • Statue of Lenin, Novosibirsk unveiled in Lenin Square, Novosibirsk.
  • Population: 1,160,963.
  • 1981 - Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics active.
  • 1984 - Novosibirsk Globus Theatre built.
  • 1986
  • Novosibirsk Metro begins operating.
  • Metro Bridge, Novosibirsk opens.
  • Institute of Informatics and Computer Science established.
  • 1991
  • Siberian Stock Exchange established.
  • Novosibirsk State Agrarian University active.
  • Vitaly Mukha becomes governor of Novosibirsk Oblast.
  • 1992 - Novosibirsk State Technical University active.
  • 1997 - Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Novosibirsk built.
  • 1999 - Viktor Tolokonsky becomes governor of Novosibirsk Oblast.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Sib-Altera theatre festival begins.
  • Vladimir Gorodetsky becomes mayor.
  • City becomes part of the Siberian Federal District.
  • 2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk active.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,473,754.
  • 2014
  • Bugrinsky Bridge opens.
  • Anatoly Lokot becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Novosibirsk Wikipedia
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