Timeline of Volgograd

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 [ru] begins operating.
1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
1897
- Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.^[1]
- Population: 55,914.
1900
- Tsaritsyn city library [ru] established.
- Population: 67,650.^[2]

20th century

1911 – Synagogue built.[1]
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 [ru] 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 [ru] opens.
- Population: 974,000.^[11]
1987 – Volgograd Symphony Orchestra [ru] founded.
1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
1991 – Yuri Chekhov [ru] 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.

21st century

2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.[2]
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Stalingrad", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1818, OL 6112221M
^ ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.
^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Raleigh 1981.
^ ^a ^b "Volgograd Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
^ Richard Overy, ed. (2013). New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945. USA: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60376-377-6.
^ "Russians Liquidate Last Stalingrad Pocket", New York Times, On This Day, 3 February 1943
^ Neil Cornwell, ed. (1998). Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-134-26077-5.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Moses 2002.
^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 575+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

"Tsaritsyn" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 348.
"Tzaritzuin", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
Donald J. Raleigh (1981). "Revolutionary Politics in Provincial Russia: The Tsaritsyn 'Republic' in 1917". Slavic Review. 40 (2): 194–209. doi:10.2307/2496946. JSTOR 2496946. S2CID 155570549.
Joel C. Moses (2002). "Political-Economic Elites and Russian Regional Elections 1999-2000: Democratic Tendencies in Kaliningrad, Perm and Volgograd". Europe-Asia Studies. 54 (6): 905–931. doi:10.1080/0966813022000008456. JSTOR 826288. S2CID 153988955.

External links

Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Volgograd, various dates

[seltzer1952-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Stalingrad", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1818, OL 6112221M

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] Britannica 1910.

[3] "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[FOOTNOTERaleigh1981-4] Raleigh 1981.

[territories2012-5] "Volgograd Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.

[overy2013-6] Richard Overy, ed. (2013). New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945. USA: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60376-377-6.

[7] "Russians Liquidate Last Stalingrad Pocket", New York Times, On This Day, 3 February 1943

[cornwell-1998-8] Neil Cornwell, ed. (1998). Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-134-26077-5.

[9] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.

[europa2002-10] Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.

[11] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[FOOTNOTEMoses2002-12] Moses 2002.

[Ruegg2011-13] Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 575+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

[14] Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.

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