Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.^[1][2]
• 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.^{[citation needed]}
• 1811 - Coat of arms [ru] design adopted.^[3]
• 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.^[4]
• 1842 - Synagogue built.^[5]
• 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.^[6]
• 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.^{[citation needed]}
• 1881 - Population: 70,700.^[1]
• 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
• 1897 - Population: 119,889.^[1]
• 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.^[1]

20th century

• 1905 - Population: 126,375.^[1]
• 1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don [ru] built.^[7]
• 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
• 1913 - Population: 204,725.^[8]
• 1915 - Rostov State University founded.^[9]
• 1917 - Cossacks take city.
• 1920
  • January: Red Army takes city.^[10]
  • Temernitskiy District [ru] established.^[11]
• 1926 - Population: 308,103.^[4]
• 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.^[12]
• 1928
  • Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.^[4]
  • Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.^{[citation needed]}
• 1929
  • Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.^[11]
  • Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
• 1930
  • Selmashstroy football club formed.
  • Olimp-2 stadium built.^[13]
• 1936 - Pervomaiske Raion [ru] established.^[11]
• 1937
  • RODKA football club formed.
  • Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru], Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru],^[11] and Rostov Oblast^[14] established.
• 1939
  • Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
  • Population: 520,253.^[4]
• 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
• 1942 - City taken by German forces.^[4]
  • Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
• 1965
  • Voroshilovsky bridge built.
  • Population: 720,000.^[15]
• 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
• 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
• 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.^[11]
• 1985
  • Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] established.^[11]
  • Population: 986,000.^[16]
• 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.^[9]
• 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
• 1996
  • Mikhail Chernyshev [ru] becomes mayor.
  • Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.^[17][18]
• 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

• 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
• 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
• 2010
  • Stele City of Military Glory erected.
  • Population: 1,089,261.
• 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
• 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
• 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.

See also

• Rostov-on-Don history
• History of Rostov-on-Don [ru]
• Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Volgograd