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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1761 - Fort established.
  • 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.
  • 1811 - Coat of arms design adopted.
  • 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.
  • 1842 - Synagogue built.
  • 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.
  • 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.
  • 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.
  • 1881 - Population: 70,700.
  • 1896 - Moscow Hotel built.
  • 1897 - Population: 119,889.
  • 1899 - Town hall built.

    • 20th century

  • 1905 - Population: 126,375.
  • 1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don built.
  • 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
  • 1913 - Population: 204,725.
  • 1915 - Rostov State University founded.
  • 1917 - Cossacks take city.
  • 1920
  • January: Red Army takes city.
  • Temernitskiy District established.
  • 1926 - Population: 308,103.
  • 1927 - Zoo established.
  • 1928
  • Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.
  • Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.
  • 1929
  • Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.
  • Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
  • 1930
  • Selmashstroy football club formed.
  • Olimp-2 stadium built.
  • 1936 - Pervomaiske Raion established.
  • 1937
  • RODKA football club formed.
  • Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don, Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don, and Rostov Oblast established.
  • 1939
  • Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
  • Population: 520,253.
  • 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
  • 1942 - City taken by German forces.
  • 1965 - Voroshilov Bridge built.
  • 1967 - Population: 757,000.
  • 1969 - Fallen Warrier Monument unveiled.
  • 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
  • 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.
  • 1982 - Population: 966,000.
  • 1985 - Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don established.
  • 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
  • 1996
  • Mikhail Chernyshev becomes mayor.
  • Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
  • 2007 - Church of the Intercession (Rostov-on-Don) built.
  • 2009 - 24 July: 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
  • 2010
  • Rostov-on-Don City of Military Glory memorial erected.
  • Population: 1,089,261.
  • 2016 - 19 March: Airplane crash occurs.

    • References

    Timeline of Rostov-on-Don Wikipedia
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