Timeline of Kazan

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

Prior to 20th century[]

  • 1438 - Khanate of Kazan begins.[1]
  • 1552 - Siege of Kazan; Russians in power.[2][3]
  • 1562 - Annunciation cathedral founded.[4]
  • 1579 - Bogoroditski convent built.[4]
  • 1770 - Märcani Mosque built.
  • 1774
    • July: Battle of Kazan (1774).
    • Fire.[5]
  • 1788 -  [ru] established near city.
  • 1804 - University founded.[6]
  • 1815 - Fire.[4]
  • 1825 - Fire.[4]
  • 1849 - Nurulla Mosque built.
  • 1875 - Horse tramway begins operating.[citation needed]
  • 1881 - Population: 134,700.[7]
  • 1883 - Population: 140,726.[4]
  • 1890 - Äcem Mosque built.
  • 1894 - Moscow-Kazan Railway begins operating.
  • 1895 - Kazan Art School founded.
  • 1896 - Railway station built.
  • 1897 - Population: 131,508.
  • 1900 - Population: 143,707.[4]

20th century[]

  • 1913 - Population: 195,300.[8]
  • 1917
    • 14 August: 1917 Kazan Gunpowder Plant fire begins.
    • 12 December: Idel-Ural State declared.
  • 1918
    • 5–7 August: Capture of Kazan by the White Army.
    • 5–10 September: Red Army Kazan Operation occurs.
  • 1924 - Kazan Zoo founded.[9]
  • 1965 - Population: 762,000.[10]
  • 1973 -  [ru] formed.[11]
  • 1985 - Population: 1,047,000.[12]
  • 1986 - Kazan International Airport active.
  • 1990 - 8 August: Yeltsin gives speech ("as much sovereignty as you can swallow") in Kazan.[13]
  • 1991 - Kamil Iskhakov becomes mayor.
  • 1992 - May:  [ru] meets in Kazan.[13]
  • 1998 - Madina Mosque built.[14]
  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

21st century[]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Lawrence N. Langer (2002). Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.
  2. ^ "Russia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ Norman E. Saul (2015). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-4437-5.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Kazan", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  5. ^ William Henry Overall, ed. (1870), "Kasan", Dictionary of Chronology, London: William Tegg, OCLC 2613202
  6. ^ "Kazan", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
  7. ^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
  8. ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  9. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Western Europe: Russia and former Soviet Union (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  10. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  11. ^ "Районы Казани" [Kazan districts]. City of Kazan Official Web-Portal (in Russian). City of Kazan. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
  14. ^ ArchNet. "Kazan". Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
  15. ^ "A Look at the Venues Hosting 2018 World Cup", New York Times, 15 July 2014

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • Abraham Rees (1819), "Kazan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown – via Hathi Trust
  • George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Kazan". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
  • "Kazan", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
  • "Kazan", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
  • William Henry Beable (1919), "Kazan", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Kazan". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill.

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