Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

The following is a of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Prior to 20th century

• 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.
• 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.
• 1811 - design adopted.
• 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.
• 1842 - Synagogue built.
• 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.
• 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.
• 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.
• 1881 - Population: 70,700.
• 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
• 1897 - Population: 119,889.
• 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.

20th century

• 1905 - Population: 126,375.
• 1908 - built.
• 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
• 1913 - Population: 204,725.
• 1915 - Rostov State University founded.
• 1917 - Cossacks take city.
• 1920
• January: Red Army takes city.
• established.
• 1926 - Population: 308,103.
• 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.
• 1928
• Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.
• Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.
• 1929
• created.
• Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
• 1930
• Selmashstroy football club formed.
• Olimp-2 stadium built.
• 1936 - established.
• 1937
• RODKA football club formed.
• , , and Rostov Oblast established.
• 1939
• Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
• Population: 520,253.
• 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
• 1942 - City taken by German forces.
• Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
• 1965
• Voroshilovsky bridge built.
• Population: 720,000.
• 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
• 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
• 1973 - created.
• 1985
• established.
• Population: 986,000.
• 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
• 1996
• becomes mayor.
• Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.
• 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

• 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
• 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
• 2010
• Stele City of Military Glory erected.
• Population: 1,089,261.
• 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
• 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
• 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.

See also

• Rostov-on-Don history
• of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Volgograd

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

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