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Timeline of Yekaterinburg

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

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Prior to 20th century

  • 1723 - Ekaterinburg fortress built.
  • 1725 - Verkhne-Isetski ironworks established.
  • 1735 - Mint begins operating.
  • 1758 - St. Catherine's Cathedral founded.
  • 1774 - Epiphany Cathedral founded.
  • 1783 - Yekaterinburg coat of arms design adopted.
  • 1824 - Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace built.
  • 1839 - Trinity Cathedral, Yekaterinburg consecrated.
  • 1845 - Ekaterinburg Drama Theatre founded.
  • 1853 - Natural history museum opens.
  • 1860 - Population: 19,830.
  • 1876 - Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) built.
  • 1878 - Perm-Ekaterinburg railway begins operating.
  • 1883 - Population: 25,133.
  • 1885 - Russian Orthodox Diocese of Yekaterinburg established.
  • 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 43,052.

    • 20th century

  • 1913 - Population: 70,000.
  • 1918 - 17 July: Execution of the Romanov family by Bolsheviks.
  • 1919 - City becomes capital of the Yekaterinburg Governorate.
  • 1920 - Ural State University founded (including Ural Industrial Institute).
  • 1923 - City becomes capital of Ural Oblast.
  • 1924 - City renamed "Sverdlovsk."
  • 1926 - Population: 136,421.
  • 1928 - Nizhne-Isetski becomes part of city.
  • 1930
  • Sverdlovsk Zoo established.
  • Avangard football club formed.
  • Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) demolished.
  • 1932 - Uktus Airfield in operation.
  • 1933 - Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant begins operating.
  • 1934
  • Urals State Conservatory founded.
  • City becomes capital of the Sverdlovsk Oblast.
  • 1936 - Ural Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
  • 1939 - Population: 425,544.
  • 1941 - Red Army Theatre relocates temporarily to Sverdlovsk.
  • 1943 - Koltsovo Airport in operation.
  • 1955 - Television Centre begins broadcasting.
  • 1957 - Central Stadium built.
  • 1977 - Ipatiev House demolished.
  • 1979
  • 2 April: Sverdlovsk anthrax leak.
  • Population: 1,239,000.
  • 1983 - TV Tower construction begins.
  • 1991
  • City named "Yekaterinburg" again.
  • Yekaterinburg Metro begins operating.
  • Yekaterinburg Commodity Exchange founded.
  • 1992 - Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky becomes mayor.
  • 1993 - 27 September: Urals Republic declared.
  • 1999 - Bishop Oleg Mironov ousted.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Ural Federal District.
  • 2003 - Church of All Saints built.
  • 2006 - IKEA branch in business.[1]
  • 2009
  • 16 June: 1st BRIC summit held in city.
  • Yeltsin Presidential Center founded.[2]
  • 2010
  • Alexander Yacob becomes head of city administration.
  • February Revolution (apartment complex) built on February Revolution Street (Ekaterinburg)
  • Population: 1,349,772.
  • 2011
  • Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of Yekaterinburg established.
  • Vysotsky (skyscraper) built.
  • 2013
  • 15 February: Chelyabinsk meteor visible from city.
  • 28 August: Search for escaped crocodile.
  • 8 September: Yekaterinburg mayoral election, 2013 held; Yevgeny Roizman wins.
  • Population: 1,424,702.

    • References

    Timeline of Yekaterinburg Wikipedia
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