Timeline of Makhachkala

The following is a of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.

19th century

• 1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians.
• 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built.
• 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status.
• 1870 - Harbor constructed.
• 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built.
• 1897 - Population: 9,806.

20th century

• 1919
• No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
• Population: 18,000.
• 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.
• 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."
• 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.
• 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
• 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.
• 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
• 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.
• 1939 - Population: 86,836.
• 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).
• 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
• 1957 - Dagestan State University established.
• 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.
• 1965 - Population: 152,000.
• 1970
• 14 May: Earthquake.
• Population: 185,863.
• 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
• 1985 - Population: 301,000.
• 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
• 1991
• City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.
• Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
• 13 June: Muslim demonstration.
• 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
• 1996 - August: Bombing.
• 1998
• Said Amirov becomes mayor.
• Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.

21st century

• 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.
• 2002
• 18 January: Bombing.
• Population: 462,412.
• 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.
• 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
• 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
• 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
• 2010 - Population: 572,076.
• 2011
• 22 November: Bombings.
• 25 November: Protest.
• 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.
• 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.
• 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ
• 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus

See also

• History of Makhachkala
• Administrative divisions of Makhachkala
• History of Dagestan
• History of the Jews in Makhachkala
• of other cities in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia: Grozny

References

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

Bibliography

• http://zyalt.livejournal.com/1269499.html

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