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Timeline of Vladivostok

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Contents

19th century

  • 1858 - Territory ceded to Russia by China per Treaty of Aigun.
  • 1860 - June: Russian ship Manchzhur arrives; military barracks constructed under command of Nikolay Vasilyevich Komarov.
  • 1864 - Kunst & Albers in business.
  • 1865 - Vladivostok designated a free port.
  • 1871
  • Okhotsk Military Flotilla based in Vladivostok.
  • Japan-Vladivostok telegraph cable installed.
  • Amerikanskaya Street laid out.
  • 1877 - Maritime navigation light established.
  • 1880
  • Vladivostok designated a city.
  • Population: 7,300.
  • 1881 - Vladivostok Police directorate formed.
  • 1883
  • Resettlement administration established.
  • Coat of arms tiger design adopted.
  • Vladivostok newspaper begins publication.
  • 1884 - Society for the Study of the Amur Region established.
  • 1887 - Public reading-hall opens.
  • 1888 - Oblast governor's residence related to Vladivostok from Khabarovsk.
  • 1890 - Amurskiy Regional Museum opens.
  • 1891 - May: Nicholas II visits city.
  • 1892 - Far East newspaper begins publication.
  • 1894 - State Bank branch opens.
  • 1897 - Population: 28,896.
  • 1898 - Russo-Chinese Bank branch opens.
  • 1899
  • Oriental Institute opens.
  • Advertiser newspaper begins publication.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 - Vladivostok Sea School of Far Navigation founded.
  • 1903 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
  • 1906 - January: Armed revolt.
  • 1907
  • Siberian Bank branch opens.
  • October: Armed revolt.
  • 1908 - Tram begins operating.
  • 1909 - Population: 90,100.
  • 1912
  • Train station built.
  • Theater and Music begins publication.
  • 1917 - December: Japanese military occupies railroad.
  • 1918
  • Vladivostok Fortress constructed.
  • April 4: Three Japanese killed.
  • United States, Japanese, and British military stationed in city.
  • 1920 - April: United States military withdraws from city.
  • 1922 - October 25: Red Army in power.
  • 1930s - Transit prisons established.
  • 1930
  • Far Eastern Politechnical Institute established.
  • Moscow-Vladivostok automotive rally conducted.
  • 1931 - Maxim Gorky Academic Theater founded.
  • 1932 - Airfield begins operating.
  • 1954 - Krushchev visits city.
  • 1957 - Dynamo Stadium opens.
  • 1958
  • Vladivostok designated a closed city.
  • Vladivostok State Medical Institute established.
  • Football Club Luch formed.
  • 1960 - Centennial Prospect (street) laid out.
  • 1967 - Far Eastern Technological Institute founded.
  • 1974 - November: USA-USSR arms control summit held.
  • 1988 - City opens to Soviet citizens.
  • 1990 - Vladimir Yefremov becomes mayor.
  • 1991
  • Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.
  • Vladivostok's closed city status ends.
  • 1992
  • Pacific Economic Development & Cooperation Center established.
  • August: Asia-Pacific Theatre Festival held.
  • 1993 - Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor.
  • 1994 - Tolstoshein Konstantin Borisovich becomes mayor.
  • 1996
  • September 21: VladiROCKstok music festival held.
  • Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor again.
  • 1998 - Youry Kopylov becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Spartak Primorye basketball club formed.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
  • 2003 - Pacific Meridian film festival begins.
  • 2004 - Vladimir Nikolayev elected mayor.
  • 2005 - Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard renovated.
  • 2006 - Vladivostok Times news site begins publication.
  • 2008
  • Igor Poushkharyov becomes mayor.
  • December: Protest.
  • 2009 - Protests.
  • 2010
  • November: International Youth Tiger Summit held.
  • Population: 592,100.
  • 2011 - Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline opens.
  • 2012
  • Zolotoy Rog Bridge and Russky Bridge built.
  • September: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held on Russky Island.

    • References

    Timeline of Vladivostok Wikipedia
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