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Timeline of Samara, Russia

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1586 - Fortress established.
  • 1685 - Cathedral built.
  • 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town.
  • 1850
  • Samara government established.
  • Iversky Monastery founded.
  • 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
  • 1871 - Vasily Bureya becomes mayor.
  • 1881 - Zhigulevsky Brewery built.
  • 1882 - Society of Doctors established.
  • 1883 - Population: 63,479.
  • 1894 - Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Samara) built.
  • 1897 - Population: 91,672.

    • 20th century

  • 1913 - Population: 144,000.
  • 1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast.
  • 1932 - Botanical Garden State University established.
  • 1935
  • Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev).
  • Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished.
  • 1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow.
  • 1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed.
  • 1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow.
  • 1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens.
  • 1979 - Population: 1,238,000.
  • 1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open.
  • 1989 - Samara State University founded.
  • 1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
  • 1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
  • 1993
  • Samara State Medical University active.
  • Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open.
  • 1997 - George Limansky becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Samara Mosque built.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.
  • 2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
  • 2007
  • Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
  • Vladimir Artyakov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,164,896.
  • 2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.

    • References

    Timeline of Samara, Russia Wikipedia
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