Timeline of Pskov

The following is a of the history of the city of Pskov, Russia.

Prior to 20th century

• 903 - Pleskov first mentioned.
• 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.
• 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.
• 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.
• 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
• 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.
• 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.
• 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
• 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
• 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
• 1540 - built (approximate date).
• 1579 - Execution of , commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.
• 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.
• 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.
• 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
• 1650 - .
• 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.
• 1843 - Catholic church built.
• 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 29,555.
• 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.

20th century

• 1903 - Archaeological museum active.
• 1911 - opens.
• 1913 - Population: 38,300.
• 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.

• 1919
• 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.
• 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.
• Soviet Russia in power.
• 1920 - active.
• 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
• 1939 - Population: 59,898.
• 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.
• 1941
• 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
• City renamed "Pleskau."
• begins.
• Famine.
• Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.
• 1942
• February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.
• Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.
• 1943
• May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.
• May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.
• May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.
• 1944
• February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.
• 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.
• Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.http://www.old-pskov.ru/pskov2.2.php
• 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.http://www.pemz.ru/english/about.html
• 1959 - Population: 80,448.
• 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
• 1965 - Population: 108,000.
• 1967 - opens.
• 1985 - Population: 194,000.
• 1989 - Population: 203,789.
• 1990 - opens.
• 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
• 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.
• 2000
• Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.
• Catholic cathedral construction begins.
• City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.

21st century

• 2009 - becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 203,279.
• 2010 - Established Pskov State University.

See also

• Pskov history
• , e.g. Pleskau, Pleskov
• of other cities in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

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