Timeline of Kharkiv

The following is a of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Prior to 20th century

• 1654 – Kharkiv founded by Zaporozhian Cossacks (regiment's capital of Kharkiv Regiment).
• 1689 – built.
• 1734 – Kharkov Collegium founded.
• 1764 – Church of the Holy Trinity built.
• 1765 – Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine governetore in Russian Empire.
• 1777 – Assumption Cathedral built.
• 1797 – Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
• 1805 – Kharkiv University established.
• 1817 – Population: 12,892.
• 1820 – constructed on .
• 1835 – Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.
• 1867 – Population: 59,968.
• 1868 – Railway begins operating.
• 1878 – Student protest.
• 1882
• Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.
• Population: 133,139.
• 1885 – Technological Institute founded.
• 1886 - Kharkiv Public Library and Museum of Art and Industry established.
• 1893 – Myronosytska Church rebuilt.
• 1895 – Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
• 1897 – Population: 170,682.
• 1900
• Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.
• Population: 197,405.

20th century

• 1901 – Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.
• 1903 – "People's palace" established.
• 1906 – Tram begins operating.
• 1913
• Choral Synagogue built.
• Population: 258,360.
• 1917 – December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
• 1918
• February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
• April: troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic take control of Kharkiv together with the German Army.
• 1919
• January: Kharkiv taken by the Red Army.
• March: Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkiv.
• June: Kharkiv taken by the White Army.
• December: Kharkiv retaken by the Red Army.
• 1920
• City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• Museum of History opens.
• 1921
• Polish diplomatic mission established.
• Futurist Komkosmos group formed.
• 1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
• 1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.
• 1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
• 1926
• Traktor Stadium opens.
• Population: 417,342.
• 1927
• Nova Generatsiia literary journal begins publication.
• Morozov Design Bureau (arms industry) established.
• 1928
• Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.
• Literaturnyi iarmarok journal begins publication.
• 1929
• Institute of Political Education established.
• Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.
• 1930
• International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.
• National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
• 1932
• Holodomor (famine).
• City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
• 1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations and KhTZ Stadium built.
• 1934
• Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.
• opens.
• International Hotel built.
• Red Factory Theatre built (approximate date).
• 1935
• College of Textile and Design established.
• Shevchenko monument erected in .
• 1939 – Population: 833,432.
• 1940 – April–May: as part of the Katyn massacre.

• 1941
• 1,200 political prisoners burned alive by the retreating Soviets in the Kharkiv tragedy.
• 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
• Nazi prison established by the Germans.
• 1942 – 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
• 1943
• 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
• 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
• 1947 – Zerkalʹnaya struya (fountain) built.
• 1954
• Kharkov Airport opens.
• Institute of Fire Safety established.
• 1959 - Population: 934,136.
• 1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.
• 1964
• Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
• Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
• 1965 – Population: 1,070,000.
• 1972 – 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
• 1975 – Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
• 1979 – Population: 1,485,000.
• 1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
• 1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
• 1985 - Population: 1,554,000.
• 1988 – Museum of Literature established.
• 1989
• Population: 1,609,959.
• Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
• 1990
• UkrSibbank (bank) headquartered in city.
• built.
• 1991 – City becomes part of independent Ukraine.
• 1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
• 2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.
• 2004 – Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
• 2006 – 22 April: Supermarket bombings.
• 2010 – Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
• 2012
• June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
• 15 December: Beheadings
• 2014
• 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
• Kharkiv Battalion established.
• Population: 1,451,132.

• 2015 – 22 February: Bombing.
• 2018 – Population: 1,430,515 (estimate).
• 2021 – 21 January: Fire.
• 2022 – 24 February: Battle against Russia Begins.

See also

• History of Kharkiv
• (e.g. Charkow, Harkov, Kharkoff, Kharkow)
• List of mayors of Kharkiv

References

This article incorporates information from the Ukrainian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

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