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Timeline of Omsk

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1716 - Omsk fortress established.
  • 1792 - The Lutheran Church of the Holy Catherine built.
  • 1804 - Town chartered.
  • 1808 - Siberian Cossack Army headquartered in Omsk.
  • 1813 - Cossack school founded.
  • 1823 - Fire.
  • 1827 - Agricultural research institute established.
  • 1839 - Capital of western Siberia relocated to Omsk from Tobolsk.
  • 1843 - St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral built.
  • 1876 - Omsk Drama Theatre established.
  • 1877 - Russian Geographical Society's west Siberian branch established.
  • 1878 - Omsk History Museum founded.
  • 1881 - Population: 31,000.
  • 1887 - Population: 33,847.
  • 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 37,470.
  • 1898 - Assumption Cathedral consecrated.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 53,050.
  • 1913 - Population: 135,800.
  • 1918 - November: Provisional All-Russian Government headquartered in Omsk.
  • 1919
  • 14 November: Red Army takes city.
  • Union of Chinese Workers formed.
  • 1927 - Agricultural Institute's Botanical Garden established.
  • 1929 - Omsk Tsentralny Airport begins operating.
  • 1933 - Kirov District, Omsk established.
  • 1934 - City becomes part of the Omsk Oblast.
  • 1935 - Assumption Cathedral demolished; Pioneer's Square laid out.
  • 1937 - Omsk Children's Theatre founded.
  • 1939 - Population: 280,716.
  • 1946 - Football Club Irtysh Omsk formed.
  • 1950 - Spartak Omsk ice hockey team formed.
  • 1955 - Oil refinery begins operating in vicinity.
  • 1966 - Red Star Stadium (Omsk) opens.
  • 1973 - Omsk State Circus founded.
  • 1974 - Omsk State University established.
  • 1983 - Literature museum founded.
  • 1986 - Blinov Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
  • 1989 - Population: 1,148,418.
  • 1990 - Siberian International Marathon begins.
  • 1991
  • Omsk City Art Museum founded.
  • Leonid Polezhayev becomes governor of Omsk Oblast.
  • Yuri Shoikhet becomes mayor.
  • 1992 - Omsk Metro construction begins.
  • 1993 - Omsk State Pedagogical University active.
  • 1994 - Valerii Roshchupkin becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Siberian Federal District.
  • 2001 - Evgeniy Belov (Russian politician) becomes mayor.
  • 2005 - Viktor Shreider becomes mayor.
  • 2007
  • Arena Omsk opens.
  • Assumption Cathedral reconstructed.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,153,971.
  • 2012 - Vyacheslav Dvorakovsky becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Omsk Wikipedia
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