The following is a of the history of the city of Minsk, Belarus.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
- 1801 â Independence Avenue (Minsk) opened, then called Zahariy Street
- 1805 â Governor's Garden established.
- 1808 â Kalvaryja cemetery in use (approximate date).
- 1812
- Napoleon in power.
- November: Russian forces oust the French.
- 1821 â Population: 2,000 (approximate).
- 1825 â Pischalauski Castle built, now a prison.
- 1827 â Population: 3,000 (approximate).
- 1831 â Polish November Uprising.
- 1836 â established.
- 1837 â Fire brigade in operation.
- 1838 â Minskiye gubernskiye vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
- 1840 â Military Cemetery established.
- 1844 â Theatre opens.
- 1845
- Public library established.
- Population: 20,000 (approximate).
20th century
1900sâÂÂ1940s
- 1902 â "All-Russian Congress of Zionists" held in Minsk.
- 1910 â Church of Saints Simon and Helena consecrated.
- 1911 â Tolstoy library founded.
- 1913 â Population: 117,600.
- 1914 â Minsk teachers institute founded.
- 1917
- November: "Bolshevik troops arrive in Minsk."
- December: First All-Belarusian Congress meets in city.
- 1918
- February: German forces oust Bolsheviks.
- 25 March: "First All-Belarusian Congress declares independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic."
- 1919
- 8 January: City becomes capital of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- August: City captured by Polish troops during Operation Minsk, part of the PolishâÂÂSoviet War.
- 1920
- July: Soviet forces take city.
- Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute established.
- Theatre opens.
- 1921
- Aleksandrovsky, Lyakhovsky, and Central administrative districts created.
- Belarusian State University established.
- City hosts first All-Belarusian Conference of Librarians.
- 1923 â founded.
- 1924 â Consulate-General of Poland established.
- 1926 â January: City hosts first Congress of Belarusian Archeologists and Archeographers.
- 1927 â Sovetskaya Belorussiya newspaper begins publication.
- 1929 â Electric tram begins operating.
- 1930 â Minsk State Medical Institute founded.
- 1931 â Belarusian Young Spectators' Theatre established.
- 1932 â Belarusian State Conservatory, , and Kamaroúski Park established.
- 1933
- Minsk-1 Airport begins operating.
- Opera and Ballet Theatre and Belarusian Institute for National Economy established.
- 1934
- Dynama Stadium built.
- Government House, Minsk completed.
- 1937 â Kurapaty death camp begins operating near city.
- 1938 â Kaganovich, Stalin, and Voroshilov administrative districts created.
- 1939
- Soviet Belarus film studio relocates to Minsk.
- National Opera and Ballet of Belarus building opens.
- Belarusian State Art Gallery established.
- Population: 238,948.
1950sâÂÂ1990s
21st century
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the Belarusian Wikipedia and the Russian Wikipedia.
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