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Timeline of Voronezh

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1586 - Fortress established.
  • 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.
  • 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.
  • 1703 - Fire.
  • 1748 - Fire.
  • 1773 - Fire.
  • 1802 - Theatre troupe established.
  • 1826 - Stone Bridge, Voronezh opens.
  • 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).
  • 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.
  • 1868
  • Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • Koltsov memorial erected.
  • 1871
  • Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • Koltsovsky Park opens.
  • 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 84,015.

    • 20th century

  • 1913 - Population: 94,800.
  • 1918
  • Voronezh State University established.
  • Sirena literary journal begins publication.
  • 1926 - Population: 120,017.
  • 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.
  • 1933 - Kramskoy Museum of Fine Arts opens.
  • 1934
  • City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.
  • Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
  • 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.
  • 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.
  • 1939 - Population: 326,836.
  • 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
  • 1954 - Vogresovsky Bridge opens.
  • 1959 - Chernavsky Bridge rebuilt.
  • 1963 - Voronezh Modern Youth Theatre established.
  • 1968 - Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre active.
  • 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.
  • 1979 - Population: 809,000.
  • 1985 - North Bridge, Voronezh opens.
  • 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.
  • 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.
  • 2004
  • Boris Skrynnikov becomes mayor.
  • Bombings.
  • 2008 - Sergey Koliukh becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh built.
  • 2010 - Population: 889,680.

    • References

    Timeline of Voronezh Wikipedia
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