Timeline of Grozny

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia.

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• 1819 - Groznaya fort built by Russian Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov.^[1]
• 1870 - Grozny granted town status in Terek Oblast.
• 1876 - Population: 6,000 (approximate).^[2][3]
• 1893 - Oil discovered in Grozny area.^[2]
• 1897 - Population: 15,599.^[4]

20th century

• 1900 - Synagogue opens.^[5]
• 1913 - Population: 34,000.^[2]
• 1917 - Groznensky Rabochy newspaper begins publication.
• 1926 - Population: 97,000.^[2]
• 1928 - Grozny–Tuapse oil pipeline launched.
• 1929 - City becomes capital of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast.^[2]
• 1932 - Electric tramway begins operating.
• 1936 - Chechen-Ingush Philharmonic Society active.^[2]
• 1937 - Grozny Music College opens.^[2]
• 1938 - Grozney University founded.
• 1939 - Population: 175,000.^[2]
• 1944 - Vainakh people in North Caucasus expelled.
• 1946 - Stadium built.
• 1958 - August: 1958 Grozny riots.
• 1973 - January: Ingush demonstrations at Lenin Square.^[6]
• 1977 - Grozny Airport terminal built.
• 1980 - Chechen State Teacher Training College founded.
• 1989 - Population: 397,000.^[2]
• 1991
  • City becomes capital of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
  • Beslan Gantemirov becomes mayor.^[7]
  • Lenin Square renamed "Sheikh Mansur Square."
  • 9 November: Pro-Chechnya demonstration at Freedom Square.^[8]
• 1993 - 15 April: Demonstration against Dzhokhar Dudayev.^[9]
• 1994
  • 13 June: Conflict.^[10]
  • 15 October: "Opposition forces attack" city.^[10]
  • 26–27 November: Battle of Grozny.
  • 28 December: Battle of Khankala occurs near city.
  • 31 December: Battle of Grozny (1994–95) begins.
  • Population: 370,000 (estimate).^[2]
• 1995
  • January: Battle of Grozny.^[10]
  • 19 January: Presidential Palace captured by Russian forces.^[11]
  • Population: 60,000 (approximate).^[10]
• 1996
  • Presidential Palace, Grozny demolished.
  • May: Conflict.^[10]
  • 6–20 August: Battle of Grozny.^[12]
  • Mayor Beslan Gantemirov arrested for embezzlement.^[7]
  • Islamic Youth Centre opens (approximate date).^[13]
• 1997
  • City renamed "Dzokhar-Ghala."^[9]
  • June: Mayoral election declared invalid.^[14]
• 1999
  • 1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya.
  • 21 October: Grozny ballistic missile attack.^[10]
  • 3 December: Refugee convoy shooting occurs near city.
  • 25 December: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) begins.^[10][15]

21st century

• 2000
  • 30 January: Mayor Lecha Dudayev killed.^[16]
  • February: Russian forces take city.^[12][17]
  • 5 February: Novye Aldi massacre occurs near city.
  • 14 February: City "sealed."^[18]
  • 2 March: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
  • April: Land mines cleared; civilians begin returning to city.^[10]
  • Grozneftegaz oil company headquartered in Grozny.^[19]
• 2001 - 17 September: Mi-8 crash.
• 2002
  • 18 April: 2002 Grozny OMON ambush.
  • 30 June: Peace rally at Teatralnaya Square.^[20]
  • 19 August: 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash near city.
  • 27 December: Truck bombing.^[12]
  • Population: 205,000.^[2]
• 2003 - Movsar Temirbayev becomes mayor.
• 2004
  • 9 May: Explosion at stadium; Akhmad Kadyrov killed.^[12][21]
  • 21–22 August: 2004 Grozny raid.
• 2006 - Population: 240,000 (estimate).^[22]
• 2007 - Muslim Khuchiyev becomes mayor.
• 2008
  • Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque opens.^[23]
  • 11 October: Earthquake.
  • Victory Avenue renamed "Putin Avenue."^[24][25]
• 2010
  • 19 October: Chechen Parliament attack.
  • Population: 271,600 (estimate).^[26]
• 2011 - Grozny-City Towers and Terek Stadium built.^[27]
• 2012
  • Islam Kadyrov becomes mayor.^[28]
  • Lermontov Drama Theatre rebuilt.^[29]
• 2013 - 3 April: Fire in Olympus Tower.^[30]

See also

• History of Grozny
• Administrative divisions of Grozny
• Other names of Grozny

Other cities in Russia

• Timeline of Kaliningrad
• Timeline of Kazan
• Timeline of Makhachkala
• Timeline of Moscow
• Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod
• Timeline of Rostov-on-Don
• Timeline of Saint Petersburg
• Timeline of Vladivostok
• Timeline of Volgograd
• Timeline of Yekaterinburg

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 20th century

• "Grosnyi". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908. 

Published in the 21st century

• "New Violence May Cut Short Chechnya's Modest Progress". Washington Post. 12 May 2004. 
• Seth Mydans (1 June 2004). "In a Ruined City, Even the Rubble Is Taken From Them". New York Times. 
• C.J. Chivers (19 October 2008). "Grozny, and Chechen History, being Reconstructed". New York Times. 
• I. Demchenko (2013). "The Illusion of Peace: The Reconstruction of Grozny and the New Chechen Identity". In Sarah Moser. New Cities in the Muslim World. London: Reaktion. ISBN 978-94-007-4684-8. 
• Margaret Evans (11 February 2013). "Grozny's makeover can't mask Chechen menace". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grozny.

• Yulia Vishnevets (26 March 2007). "Грозный" [Grozny].  (photos of city)
• City of Grozny (2009). "Post-conflict Restoration of the City of Grozny".