Timeline of Voronezh
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Voronezh, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1586 - Fortress established.[1]
- 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.[1]
- 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.[2]
- 1703 - Fire.[1]
- 1748 - Fire.[1]
- 1773 - Fire.[1]
- 1802 - Theatre troupe established.[3]
- 1826 - Stone Bridge, Voronezh opens.
- 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).[4]
- 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.[1]
- 1868
- Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.[citation needed]
- Koltsov memorial erected.[1]
- 1871
- Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.[citation needed]
- Koltsovsky Park opens.
- 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
- 1897 - Population: 84,015.
20th century
[edit]- 1901 - Population: 84,146.[1]
- 1913 - Population: 94,800.[5]
- 1918
- Voronezh State University established.
- Sirena literary journal begins publication.
- 1926 - Population: 120,017.[2]
- 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.[6]
- 1933 - Kramskoy Museum of Fine Arts opens.[7]
- 1934
- City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.[8]
- Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
- 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.[9]
- 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.[10]
- 1939 - Population: 326,836.[2]
- 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
- 1954 - Vogresovsky Bridge opens.
- 1959 - Chernavsky Bridge rebuilt.
- 1963 - Voronezh Modern Youth Theatre established.
- 1965 - Population: 576,000.[11]
- 1968 - Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre active.
- 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.[12]
- 1979 - Population: 809,000.[13]
- 1985
- North Bridge, Voronezh opens.
- Population: 850,000.[14]
- 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.[15]
- 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.[16]
- 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.
21st century
[edit]- 2004
- Boris Skrynnikov becomes mayor.
- Bombings.[17]
- 2008 - Sergey Koliukh becomes mayor.
- 2009
- Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh built.
- Voronezh tram system is stopped.
- 2010 - Population: 889,680.
See also
[edit]- Voronezh history
- History of Voronezh
- Timelines of other cities in the Central Federal District of Russia: Moscow, Smolensk
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2046, OL 6112221M
- ^ Richard Stites (2008). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13757-6.
- ^ Lynn M. Sargeant (2010). Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-978079-2.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ Malte Rolf (2013). Soviet Mass Festivals, 1917-1991. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7868-8.
- ^ "Russianmuseums.info". Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Voronezh Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- ^ "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Importing The Glory Of Youth", New York Times, 26 June 1992
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ "City History". Voronezh-city.ru. City district administration of Voronezh. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ^ 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) - ^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
- ^ Bowker 2007.
- ^ "New mystery blast in Russian city", BBC News, 26 July 2004
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
[edit]- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 212.
- "Voronezh", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Voronezh", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
- Mike Bowker; Antje Grebner (2007). "Referendum on the Construction of a Nuclear Heating Plant in Voronezh in 1990: an Example of Grassroots Democracy in the Soviet Union". Slavonic and East European Review. 85 (3): 543–559. doi:10.1353/see.2007.0042. JSTOR 25479108. S2CID 152015984.
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