Timeline of Rostov-on-Don
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{cite web |url= http://www.rostov-gorod.ru/eng/8/1/ |title=History, Destinies, Persons |work= Rostov-gorod.ru |publisher=Rostov-on-Don Administration |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
- 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
- 1811 - {{ill|Coat of arms of Rostov-on-Don|ru|Герб Ростова-на-Дону|lt=Coat of arms}} design adopted.{{cite web |url= http://www.rostov-gorod.ru/eng/5/ |title=Symbolics |work= Rostov-gorod.ru |publisher=Rostov-on-Don Administration |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
- 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.
- 1842 - Synagogue built.{{sfn|Wiernik|1907}}
- 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Rostov-on-Don |title= Rostov-on-Don |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |publisher=Yivo Institute for Jewish Research |location=New York |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
- 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
- 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
- 1881 - Population: 70,700.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
- 1897 - Population: 119,889.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
20th century
- 1905 - Population: 126,375.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1908 - {{illm|Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Александро-Невский собор (Ростов-на-Дону)}} built.{{sfn|Baedeker|1914}}
- 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
- 1913 - Population: 204,725.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 }}
- 1915 - Rostov State University founded.{{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}}
- 1917 - Cossacks take city.
- 1920
- January: Red Army takes city.{{sfn|Murphy|2005}}
- {{illm|Temernitskiy District|ru|3=Ленинский район (Ростов-на-Дону)}} established.
- 1926 - Population: 308,103.{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |ol=6112221M |date = 1952 |page=1605 |chapter=Rostov |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/columbialippinco00selt#page/1605/mode/1up }}
- 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling|title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2000|publisher=CRC Press |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of Western Europe: Russia and former Soviet Union (chronological list) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC |page=375+ }}
- 1928
- Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.
- Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
- 1929
- {{illm|Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Пролетарский район (Ростов-на-Дону)}} created.
- Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
- 1930
- Selmashstroy football club formed.
- Olimp-2 stadium built.{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/07/15/business/ap-soc-wcup-russia-venues.html |title=A Look at the Venues Hosting 2018 World Cup |date= 15 July 2014}}
- 1936 - {{illm|Pervomaiske Raion (Rostov-on-Don)|ru|3=Первомайский район (Ростов-на-Дону)|lt=Pervomaiske Raion}} established.
- 1937
- RODKA football club formed.
- {{illm|Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Октябрьский район (Ростов-на-Дону)}}, {{illm|Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Железнодорожный район (Ростов-на-Дону)}}, and Rostov Oblast{{cite book|series=Europa Territories of the World |title= Territories of the Russian Federation |year= 2012 |edition=13th |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-85743-646-4 |chapter=Rostov Oblast |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4CFF2sdrz4UC |page=140 }} established.
- 1939
- Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
- Population: 520,253.
- 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
- 1942 - City taken by German forces.
- Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
- 1965
- Voroshilovsky bridge built.
- Population: 720,000.{{cite book |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 }}
- 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
- 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
- 1973 - {{illm|Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Советский район (Ростов-на-Дону)}} created.
- 1985
- {{illm|Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=Ворошиловский район (Ростов-на-Дону)}} established.{{cite web |url= http://www.rostov-gorod.ru/eng/9/ |title=Districts of the City |work= Rostov-gorod.ru |publisher=Rostov-on-Don Administration |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
- Population: 986,000.{{cite book |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 }}
- 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
- 1996
- {{illm|Mikhail Chernyshev|ru|3=Чернышёв, Михаил Анатольевич}} becomes mayor.
- Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov 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 }}{{cite book|editor=Robert W. Orttung |title=The 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 |chapter=Rostov Oblast |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VroABgoe4-EC |page=445 }}
- 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
21st century
- 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
- 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
- 2010
- Stele City of Military Glory erected.
- Population: 1,089,261.
- 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
- 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
- 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.
See also
- Rostov-on-Don history
- {{illm|History of Rostov-on-Don|ru|3=История Ростова-на-Дону}}
- Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Krasnodar, Volgograd
References
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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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- {{Cite book|publisher=John Murray|date=1868|location=London|title=Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland|edition=2nd|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GNEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA317|chapter=Rostof, on river Don}}
- {{citation |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |location=New York |chapter=Rostof |author= Peter Wiernik |title-link=Jewish Encyclopedia |volume=10 |year= 1907 |hdl=2027/osu.32435029752854?urlappend=%3Bseq=521 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435029752854?urlappend=%3Bseq=521
| ref = {{harvid|Wiernik|1907}}
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- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Rostov-on-the-Don |volume= 23 | page = 755 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
- {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Russia |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/russiawithtehera00baed#page/430/mode/1up |chapter= Rostov-on-the-Don |date = 1914 |oclc = 1328163
| ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1914}}
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- {{cite book|author=Brian Murphy|title=Rostov in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxGAAgAAQBAJ|year=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-27128-X|ref={{harvid|Murphy|2005}}}}
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