Timeline of Voronezh

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Voronezh, Russia.

Prior to 20th century

• 1586 - Fortress established.
• 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.
• 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.
• 1703 - Fire.
• 1748 - Fire.
• 1773 - Fire.
• 1802 - Theatre troupe established.
• 1826 - opens.
• 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).
• 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.
• 1868
• Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.
• Koltsov memorial erected.
• 1871
• Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.
• opens.
• 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
• 1897 - Population: 84,015.

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 84,146.
• 1913 - Population: 94,800.
• 1918
• Voronezh State University established.
• Sirena literary journal begins publication.
• 1926 - Population: 120,017.
• 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.
• 1933 - opens.
• 1934
• City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.
• Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
• 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.
• 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.
• 1939 - Population: 326,836.
• 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
• 1954 - opens.
• 1959 - rebuilt.
• 1963 - established.
• 1965 - Population: 576,000.
• 1968 - active.
• 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.
• 1979 - Population: 809,000.
• 1985
• opens.
• Population: 850,000.
• 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.
• 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.
• 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

21st century

• 2004
• becomes .
• Bombings.
• 2008 - Sergey Koliukh becomes mayor.
• 2009
• Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh built.
• Voronezh tram system is stopped.
• 2010 - Population: 889,680.

See also

• Voronezh history
• of other cities in the Central Federal District of Russia: Moscow, Smolensk

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

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