Timeline of Pskov

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

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Prior to 20th century

Pskov in 1661

• 903 - Pleskov first mentioned.^[1]
• 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.^[2]
• 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.^[3]
• 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.^[4]
• 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.^[5]
• 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.^[2]
• 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.^[2]
• 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
• 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
• 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.^[2][6]
• 1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov [ru] built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
• 1579 - Execution of Ivo Schenkenberg [et], commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.^[5]
• 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.^[2]
• 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.^[2]
• 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.^[2][5]
• 1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650 [ru].^[6]
• 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.^[2]
• 1843 - Catholic church built.^[7]
• 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 29,555.
• 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.^[8]

20th century

• 1903 - Archaeological museum active.^[2]
• 1911 - Olginsky Bridge [ru] opens.
• 1913 - Population: 38,300.^[9]
• 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.^[1]

Estonian army parade in 1919

• 1919
  • 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.^[5]
  • 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.^[5]
  • Soviet Russia in power.
• 1920 - Pskov State Theatre [ru] active.^{[citation needed]}
• 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
• 1939 - Population: 59,898.^[1]
• 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.^[10]
• 1941
  • 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
  • City renamed "Pleskau."^[1]
  • Pskov Orthodox Mission [ru] begins.^[11]
  • Famine.^[5]
  • Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.^[12]
• 1942
  • February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.^[13]
  • Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.^[14]
• 1943
  • May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.^[13]
  • May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.^[15]
  • May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.^[14]
• 1944
  • February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.^[5]
  • 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.^[1]
  • Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
• 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.^[16]
• 1959 - Population: 80,448.
• 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
• 1965 - Population: 108,000.^[17]
• 1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October [ru] opens.
• 1985 - Population: 194,000.^[18]
• 1989 - Population: 203,789.
• 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov [ru] opens.
• 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.^[5]
• 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.^[19]
• 2000
  • Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.^[20]
  • Catholic cathedral construction begins.^[7]
  • City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.

Aerial view of the city center in 2018

21st century

• 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky [ru] becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 203,279.
• 2010 - Established Pskov State University.

See also

• Pskov history
• History of Pskov [ru]
• Other names of Pskov, e.g. Pleskau, Pleskov
• Timelines of other cities in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg