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Timeline of Pskov

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 903 - Pleskov first mentioned.
  • 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.{{sfn|Langer|1984}}
  • 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.{{Citation |author = Henry of Latvia |title = Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae |page=131 |title-link = Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae }}
  • 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
  • 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
  • 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
  • 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{cite book|author= Lawrence N. Langer |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia |year=2002|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6618-8 |chapter=Chronology |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DlWPEH3dF38C }}
  • 1540 - {{illm|Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov|ru|3=Церковь Петра и Павла с Буя (Псков)}} built (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
  • 1579 - Execution of {{ill|Ivo Schenkenberg|et}}, commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.{{cite web|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/69073543/pihkva-pole-enam-kaugel|title="Pihkva pole enam kaugel!"|website=Eesti Ekspress|access-date=9 August 2022|language=et}}
  • 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1650 - {{illm|Pskov Uprising of 1650|ru|3=Псковское восстание}}.
  • 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1843 - Catholic church built.
  • 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
  • 1897 - Population: 29,555.
  • 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.{{sfn|Baedeker|1914}}

20th century

  • 1903 - Archaeological museum active.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1911 - {{illm|Olginsky Bridge|ru|3=Ольгинский мост}} opens.
  • 1913 - Population: 38,300.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 }}
  • 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.

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  • 1919
  • 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.
  • 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.
  • Soviet Russia in power.
  • 1920 - {{illm|Pskov State Theatre|ru|3=Псковский академический театр драмы имени А. С. Пушкина}} active.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}
  • 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
  • 1939 - Population: 59,898.{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |ol=6112221M |date = 1952 |page=1525 |chapter= Pskov |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/columbialippinco00selt#page/1525/mode/1up }}
  • 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.{{cite book|author= |year=2016|title=Eestlased vene sõjaväes 1940–1945. Raamat 12|language=et,en|location=Tallinn|publisher=Estonian Repressed Persons Records Bureau|page=33|isbn=978-9985-9914-5-9}}
  • 1941
  • 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
  • City renamed "Pleskau."
  • {{illm|Pskov Orthodox Mission|ru|3=Псковская православная миссия}} begins.{{cite book|author= Daniela Kalkandjieva |title=The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948: From Decline to Resurrection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEOLBQAAQBAJ|year= 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-65776-7}}
  • Famine.
  • Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.{{cite web|url=https://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Dulag.htm|title=German Dulag Camps|access-date=9 August 2022}}
  • 1942
  • February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000344|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Pleskau|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=9 August 2022|language=de}}
  • Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.{{cite web|url=https://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Stalag.htm|title=German Stalag Camps|access-date=9 August 2022}}
  • 1943
  • May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.
  • May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000343|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Pleskau|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=9 August 2022|language=de}}
  • May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.
  • 1944
  • February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.
  • 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.
  • Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.[http://www.old-pskov.ru/pskov2.2.php]
  • 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.{{cite book|title=Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPP3ti4hysUC|publisher=Europa Publications |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-85743-137-7}}[http://www.pemz.ru/english/about.html]
  • 1959 - Population: 80,448.
  • 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
  • 1965 - Population: 108,000.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1965 |year=1966 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants }}
  • 1967 - {{illm|Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October|ru|3=Мост Имени 50-летия Октября}} opens.
  • 1985 - Population: 194,000.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1985 Demographic Yearbook |year=1987 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=247–289 }}
  • 1989 - Population: 203,789.
  • 1990 - {{illm|Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov|ru|3=Мост Александра Невского (Псков)}} opens.
  • 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
  • 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.{{cite book|author1=Robert A. Saunders|author2=Vlad Strukov|title=Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation|year= 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7460-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=l_uAoNJiOMwC }}
  • 2000
  • Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.{{cite book|editor=Robert W. Orttung |title=Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders |year= 2000|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0559-7 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VroABgoe4-EC }}
  • Catholic cathedral construction begins.{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/world/new-russian-cathedral-stymied-by-interfaith-rift.html |date=10 September 2002 |title= New Russian Cathedral Stymied by Interfaith Rift}}
  • City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.

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21st century

  • 2009 - {{illm|Ivan Tsetsersky|ru|3=Цецерский, Иван Николаевич}} becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 203,279.
  • 2010 - Established Pskov State University.

See also

References

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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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  • {{Citation |publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown |date = 1819 |location = London |title = The Cyclopaedia |author= Abraham Rees |chapter=Pskov |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015057241096?urlappend=%3Bseq=727 |via=HathiTrust

|title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015057241096?urlappend=%3Bseq=727 }}

|title-link=American Cyclopedia |hdl=2027/hvd.hn585k?urlappend=%3Bseq=67 }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland |edition=4th |date = 1888 |chapter= Pskof |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AenSXGLDulUC&pg=PA92

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  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Pskov (town) |volume= 22 |last1= Kropotkin |first1= Peter Alexeivitch |author-link1=Peter Kropotkin|last2= Bealby |first2= John Thomas | pages = 542–543 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Russia |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/russiawithtehera00baed#page/41/mode/2up |chapter= Pskov |date = 1914 |oclc = 1328163

| ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1914}}

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  • {{Citation |publisher = Russian Outlook |author=William Henry Beable |date = 1919 |location = London |title = Russian Gazetteer and Guide |chapter= Pskov |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/russiangazetteer00beabiala#page/112/mode/2up

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  • {{cite journal |title=The Posadnichestvo of Pskov: Some Aspects of Urban Administration in Medieval Russia |author= Lawrence N. Langer |journal= Slavic Review |volume= 43 |issue= 1 |pages= 46–62 |year= 1984 |jstor =2498734

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|doi= 10.2307/2498734 |s2cid= 156372600 }}

  • {{cite book|author= Timothy E. Heleniak |title= Bibliography of Soviet Statistical Handbooks |year=1988|publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census |location=Washington DC |via=Hathi Trust |chapter=Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: Northwest Region: Pskov Oblast and City |hdl= 2027/uva.x001867410?urlappend=%3Bseq=63 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x001867410?urlappend=%3Bseq=63

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  • {{cite book|editor=Trudy Ring |title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Northern Europe |year= 1995|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-136-63944-9 |chapter=Pskov |page=610 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA610 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Savignac |first=David (trans) |title=The Pskov 3rd Chronicle|url=https://www.academia.edu/28622167}}

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