Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod

The following is a of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Prior to 20th century

• 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."
• 1227 – built.
• 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
• 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.
• 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
• 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.
• 1631 – rebuilt.
• 1719 – Stroganov church built.
• 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.
• 1822 – built.
• 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
• 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
• 1867 – Population: 40,742.
• 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins.
• 1871 - Steamship Perevorot built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River.
• 1881 – Population: 57,530.
• 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.
• 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
• 1897 – Population: 98,503.

20th century

• 1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication.
• 1913 – Population: 112,300.
• 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
• 1918
• N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
• Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established.
• 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
• 1926 – Population: 222,356.
• 1929
• Shukhov Towers erected.
• Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.
• Sormovo becomes part of city.
• 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
• 1932
• City renamed "Gorky."
• Gorky Automobile Plant established.
• Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
• 1939 – Population: 644,116.
• 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky.
• 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.
• 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded.
• 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
• 1965
• built.
• Population: 1,085,000.
• 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
• 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.
• 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.
• 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
• 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
• 1992 – GAZ privatized.
• 1994
• Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.
• Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.
• 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

21st century

• 2002 – Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) opens.
• 2010 – Population: 1,250,619.
• 2012 – Nizhny Novgorod cable car to Bor begins operating.
• 2015 - FC Nizhny Novgorod founded.
• 2016 – 70th Anniversary of Victory Plant built.
• 2017 – Bor bridge II built.
• 2018 - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium opened.

See also

• Nizhny Novgorod history
• History of Nizhny Novgorod
• of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Samara

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• (About Nizhny Novgorod)

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