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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
- 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.[1]
- 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the False Dmitry I.[2]
- 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stenka Razin.[2]
- 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev.[1]
- 1862 – Volga-Don Railway begins operating.
- 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
- 1897
- Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.[1]
- Population: 55,914.
- 1900
- Tsaritsyn city library established.
- Population: 67,650.[2]
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20th century
- 1911 – Synagogue built.
- 1913 – Population: 100,817.[3]
- 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed.[4]
- 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
- 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad."[5]
- 1926 – Population: 151,490.[1]
- 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
- 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.[1]
- 1939 – Population: 445,476.[1]
- 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.[6]
- 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.[7]
- 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
- 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
- 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.[8]
- 1961
- 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."[5]
- Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
- 1964
- Astrakhan Bridge opens.
- Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
- 1965 – Population: 700,000.[9]
- 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
- 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.[10]
- 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
- 1985
- Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad opens.
- Population: 974,000.[11]
- 1987 – Volgograd Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
- 1991 – Yuri Chekhov becomes mayor.[12]
- 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.[13]
- 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.[14]
- 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
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21st century
- 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.
- 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
- 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
- 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
- 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
- 2013
- 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
- 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
- 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
- 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion
See also
- Volgograd history
- History of Volgograd
- Other names of Volgograd, e.g. Tsaritzin
- Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don
References
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