Timeline of Samara

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

Prior to 20th century

1586 - Fortress established.{{cite web |url= http://samadm.ru/about/history/ |language=ru |trans-title=History |title=О самаре: История |publisher= Администрация го Самара (Administration of Samara) |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
1685 - Cathedral built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town.{{sfn|Ministry of Ways of Communication|1900}}
1850
Samara government established.{{sfn|Ministry of Ways of Communication|1900}}
{{illm|Iversky Monastery (Samara)|lt=Iversky Monastery|ru|3=Иверский монастырь (Самара)}} founded.{{cite book|title=Russia & Belarus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jcNZUzdd-ukC&pg=PA416 |year=2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-291-7}}
1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
1871 - {{illm|Vasily Bureya|ru|3=Буреев, Василий Ефимович}} becomes mayor.
1881 - {{illm|Zhigulevsky Brewery|ru|3=Жигулёвский пивоваренный завод}} built.{{cite web |url=http://www.samarabeer.ru/main/ |language=ru |title= Иcтория развития |publisher= ОАО "Жигулёвское пиво" |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
1882 - Society of Doctors established.{{sfn|Ministry of Ways of Communication|1900}}
1883 - Population: 63,479.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1894 - {{illm|Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Samara)|ru|3=Храм Христа Спасителя (Самара)}} built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1897 - Population: 91,672.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

1913 - Population: 144,000.{{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 }}
1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast.
1932 - Botanical Garden State University established.{{cite web |url= http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=RU |title=Garden Search: Russian Federation |publisher= Botanic Gardens Conservation International |location=London |access-date=30 March 2015 }}
1935
Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev).{{cite journal |title=Political Changes of Names of Soviet Towns |author= G.R.F. Bursa |journal= Slavonic and East European Review |volume= 63 |year= 1985 |issue= 2 |pages= 161–193 |jstor= 4209080 }}
Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished.
1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow.{{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 }}
1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed.
1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow.
1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens.
1965 - Population: 948,000.{{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 |quote= Kuibyshev }}
1985 - Population: 1,257,000.{{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 |quote= Kuibyshev }}
1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open.
1989 - Samara State University founded.{{cite book|editor=Walter Rüegg |editor-link=:de:Walter Rüegg |series=History of the University in Europe |volume=4 |title= Universities Since 1945 |year=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49425-0 |chapter= Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC |page=575+ }}
1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
1993
Samara State Medical University active.
Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open.
1997 - {{illm|George Limansky|ru|3=Лиманский, Георгий Сергеевич}} becomes mayor.
1999 - Samara Mosque built.
2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

21st century

2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
2007
Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
{{illm|Vladimir Artyakov|ru|3=Артяков, Владимир Владимирович}} becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
2010 - Population: 1,164,896.{{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= Samara Oblast |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4CFF2sdrz4UC |page=221 }}
2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

{{cite book |title=Guide to the Great Siberian Railway |year=1900 |location=St. Petersburg |publisher=Ministry of Ways of Communication |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xnQpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84 |chapter= Samara-Zlatoust Railway: Samara

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{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Samara (town) |volume= 24 | page = 108 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
{{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Russia |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/russiawithtehera00baed#page/357/mode/1up |chapter= Samara |date = 1914 |oclc = 1328163

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{{Citation |publisher = Russian Outlook |author=William Henry Beable |date = 1919 |location = London |title = Russian Gazetteer and Guide |chapter= Samara |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/russiangazetteer00beabiala#page/118/mode/2up

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External links

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