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Timeline of Pskov

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 903 - Pleskov founded.
  • 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.
  • 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.
  • 1212 - Partially burned by an estonian raid under Lembitu
  • 1266 - City wall constructed.
  • 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
  • 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
  • 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
  • 1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov built (approximate date).
  • 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.
  • 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.
  • 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
  • 1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650.
  • 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt.
  • 1843 - Catholic church built.
  • 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
  • 1897 - Population: 29,555.
  • 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.

    • 20th century

  • 1903 - Archaeological museum active.
  • 1911 - Olginsky Bridge opens.
  • 1913 - Population: 38,300.
  • 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.
  • 1920 - Pskov State Theatre active.
  • 1939 - Population: 59,898.
  • 1941
  • 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
  • City renamed "Pleskau."
  • Pskov Orthodox Mission begins.
  • 1944
  • 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.
  • Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.[1]
  • 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.[2]
  • 1959 - Population: 80,448.
  • 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
  • 1967
  • Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October opens.
  • Population: 112,00.
  • 1989 - Population: 203,789.
  • 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov opens.
  • 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.
  • Catholic cathedral construction begins.
  • City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.
  • 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 203,279.

    • References

    Timeline of Pskov Wikipedia
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