Timeline of Voronezh

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

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Prior to 20th century[]

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History of Russia
Russia in 1730

Prehistory  • Antiquity  • Early Slavs

Rus' people pre–9th century
Rus' Khaganate c. 830–899
Kievan Rus' 882–1240
Feudal Rus' (1097–1547)

Mongol conquest • Vladimir-Suzdal Grand Duchy of Moscow • Novgorod Republic

Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721
Russian Empire 1721–1917
Russian Revolution (1917–1923)

February Revolution • Provisional Government
Russian Republic • October Revolution • Civil War
(Red Army • White Guard • separatists • others)

Soviet Union 1922–1991
Russian Federation 1991–present

Timeline

860–1721 • 1721–1796 • 1796–1855
1855–1892 • 1892–1917 • 1917–1927
1927–1953 • 1953–1964 • 1964–1982
1982–1991 • 1991–present
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  • 1586 - Fortress established.[1]
  • 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.[1]
  • 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.[2]
  • 1703 - Fire.[1]
  • 1748 - Fire.[1]
  • 1773 - Fire.[1]
  • 1802 - Theatre troupe established.[3]
  • 1826 -  [ru] opens.
  • 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).[4]
  • 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.[1]
  • 1868
    • Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.[citation needed]
    • Koltsov memorial erected.[1]
  • 1871
    • Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.[citation needed]
    •  [ru] opens.
  • 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 84,015.

20th century[]

  • 1913 - Population: 94,800.[5]
  • 1918
    • Voronezh State University established.
    • Sirena literary journal begins publication.
  • 1926 - Population: 120,017.[2]
  • 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.[6]
  • 1933 -  [ru] opens.[7]
  • 1934
    • City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.[8]
    • Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
  • 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.[9]
  • 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.[10]
  • 1939 - Population: 326,836.[2]
  • 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
  • 1954 -  [ru] opens.
  • 1959 -  [ru] rebuilt.
  • 1963 -  [ru] established.
  • 1965 - Population: 576,000.[11]
  • 1968 -  [ru] active.
  • 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.[12]
  • 1979 - Population: 809,000.[13]
  • 1985
    •  [ru] opens.
    • Population: 850,000.[14]
  • 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.[15]
  • 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.[16]
  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

21st century[]

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

See also[]

  • Voronezh history
  • History of Voronezh [ru]
  • Timelines of other cities in the Central Federal District of Russia: Moscow, Smolensk

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2046, OL 6112221M
  3. ^ Richard Stites (2008). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13757-6.
  4. ^ Lynn M. Sargeant (2010). Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-978079-2.
  5. ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  6. ^ Malte Rolf (2013). Soviet Mass Festivals, 1917-1991. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7868-8.
  7. ^ "Russianmuseums.info".  [ru]. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Voronezh Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
  9. ^ "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Importing The Glory Of Youth", New York Times, 26 June 1992
  11. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  12. ^ "City History". Voronezh-city.ru. City district administration of Voronezh. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  13. ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
  16. ^ Bowker 2007.
  17. ^ "New mystery blast in Russian city", BBC News, 26 July 2004

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • "Voronezh", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • "Voronezh", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
  • William Henry Beable (1919), "Voronezh", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
  • Mike Bowker; Antje Grebner (2007). "Referendum on the Construction of a Nuclear Heating Plant in Voronezh in 1990: an Example of Grassroots Democracy in the Soviet Union". Slavonic and East European Review. 85 (3): 543–559. JSTOR 25479108.

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