Timeline of Volgograd

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.
• 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the False Dmitry I.
• 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stenka Razin.
• 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev.
• 1862 – begins operating.
• 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
• 1897
• Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.
• Population: 55,914.
• 1900
• established.
• Population: 67,650.

20th century

• 1911 – Synagogue built.http://life34.ru/2014/09/sinagoga-1911-goda/
• 1913 – Population: 100,817.
• 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed.
• 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
• 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad."
• 1926 – Population: 151,490.
• 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
• 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.
• 1939 – Population: 445,476.
• 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.
• 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.
• 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
• 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
• 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.
• 1961
• 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."
• Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
• 1964
• opens.
• Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
• 1965 – Population: 700,000.
• 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
• 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.
• 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
• 1985
• opens.
• Population: 974,000.
• 1987 – founded.
• 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
• 1991 – becomes .
• 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.
• 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.
• 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

• 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.http://volgarbs.ru/новая-страница/о-нас/#section1
• 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
• 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
• 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
• 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
• 2013
• 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
• 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
• 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
• 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion

See also

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Volgograd, various dates