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Timeline of Volgograd

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1589 - Tsaritsyn founded.
  • 1670 - Town taken by forces of Cossack Stepan Razin.
  • 1774 - Town taken by forces of Pugachev.
  • 1862 - Volga-Don Railway begins operating.
  • 1871 - Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
  • 1897
  • Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.
  • Population: 55,914.

    • 20th century

  • 1900
  • Tsaritsyn city library established.
  • Population: 67,650.
  • 1911 - Synagogue built.[1]
  • 1913 - Population: 100,817.
  • 1917 - Tsaritsyn soviet formed.
  • 1918 - Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
  • 1925 - City renamed "Stalingrad."
  • 1926 - Population: 151,490.
  • 1929 - Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
  • 1930 - Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.
  • 1939 - Population: 445,476.
  • 1942 - 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.
  • 1943 - 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.
  • 1951 - Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
  • 1952 - Volgograd Airport established.
  • 1957 - Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.
  • 1961
  • City renamed "Volgograd."
  • Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
  • 1964
  • Astrakhan Bridge opens.
  • Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
  • 1967 - The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
  • 1980 - Volgograd State University founded.
  • 1984 - Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
  • 1985 - Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad opens.
  • 1987 - Volgograd Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • 1989 - Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
  • 1991 - Yuri Chekhov becomes mayor.
  • 1992 - Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.
  • 1996 - Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
  • 2003 - Volgograd Botanical Garden established.[2]
  • 2007 - 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
  • 2008 - Football Club Volgograd formed.
  • 2009 - Volgograd Bridge opens.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,021,215.
  • 2013
  • 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
  • 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
  • 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings

    • References

    Timeline of Volgograd Wikipedia
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