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Poltava is a city on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine, in existence since the Middle Ages.

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Prior to 20th century

  • 1174 CE - Site "mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle" as "Ltava."[1][2]
  • 1240 - "Destroyed by the Golden Horde."[1]
  • 1430 - "Tatar prince Leksada" in power.[2]
  • 1569 - Poltava becomes part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
  • 1650 - Monastery built.[2]
  • 1667 - Poltava becomes part of Russia.[3]
  • 1709 - Russian forces defeat Swedish forces near city during the Battle of Poltava.[2]
  • 1751 - Construction of Dormition Cathedral [uk] begins.
  • 1773 - Church of the Resurrection built.[4]
  • 1802 - Poltava becomes "a provincial centre."[5]
  • 1809 - Column of Victory installed in Alexandrovskaya Square.[4]
  • 1818 - Institute for Girls [uk] founded.[6]
  • 1870
  • 1900 - Population: 53,060.[2]
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20th century

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Building of the Regional Museum in the early 20th century
  • 1901 - Poltava Kyivska railway station begins operating.
  • 1902
    • April: "Rioting in Poltava."[8]
    • May: "Martial law proclaimed in Poltava."[8]
    • December: Poltava Herald [uk] newspaper begins publication.
  • 1903 - Poltava Provincial Scientific Archival Commission [ru] established.[9]
  • 1908 - Zemstvo Building constructed.[4]
  • 1913 - Population: 82,100.[10]
  • 1924 - Military airfield begins operating.
  • 1930 - Poltava Institute of Agricultural Construction founded.[6]
  • 1937 - Lokomotyv Stadium built.
  • 1939 - Population: 130,305.[3]
  • 1941
    • German forces take Russian air base.[3]
    • German occupation begins.
    • Nazi prison established by the Germans.[11]
  • 1942
    • March: Dulag 205 transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.[12]
    • May: Dulag 151 transit camp for POWs established by the Germans.[12]
    • June: Dulag 160 transit camp for POWs relocated from Khorol to Poltava.[12]
    • June: Dulag 205 camp relocated from Poltava to Krasnohrad.[12]
    • December: Stalag 357 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.[13]
  • 1943 - German occupation ends.
  • 1951 - Urozhai Stadium built.
  • 1955 - FC Vorskla Poltava football club formed.
  • 1959 - Population: 143,097.[14]
  • 1962 - Poltava trolleybus [uk] begins operating.
  • 1968 - Military school [uk] established.
  • 1974 - New Poltava Airport terminal built.
  • 1975 - Population: 263,000.[15]
  • 1985 - Population: 302,000.[16]
  • 1992 - Evening Poltava [uk] (Вечірня Полтава) newspaper begins publication.
  • 2000 - City flag [uk] design adopted.
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21st century

  • 2001 - Population: 317,998.
  • 2002 - Kolo [uk] (Коло) newspaper begins publication.
  • 2006 - Andriy Matkovsky [uk] (Матковський Андрій Всеволодович) becomes mayor.[17]
  • 2007 - FC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2011 - SC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2013 - November: Poltava Euromaidan [uk] protest begins.
  • 2018 - Population: 282,523 (estimate).[18]

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