The following is a timeline 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. 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 mayor. 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. 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
Other names of Volgograd, e.g. Tsaritzin Timelines 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