Timeline of Voronezh
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Voronezh, Russia.
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Prior to 20th century
- 1586 - Fortress established.[1]
- 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.[1]
- 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.[2]
- 1703 - Fire.[1]
- 1748 - Fire.[1]
- 1773 - Fire.[1]
- 1802 - Theatre troupe established.[3]
- 1826 - Stone Bridge, Voronezh opens.
- 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).[4]
- 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.[1]
- 1868
- 1871
- Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.
- Koltsovsky Park opens.
- 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
- 1897 - Population: 84,015.
20th century
- 1913 - Population: 94,800.[5]
- 1918
- 1926 - Population: 120,017.[2]
- 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.[6]
- 1933 - Kramskoy Museum of Fine Arts opens.[7]
- 1934
- 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.[9]
- 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.[10]
- 1939 - Population: 326,836.[2]
- 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
- 1954 - Vogresovsky Bridge opens.
- 1959 - Chernavsky Bridge rebuilt.
- 1963 - Voronezh Modern Youth Theatre established.
- 1968 - Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre active.
- 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.[11]
- 1979 - Population: 809,000.[12]
21st century
See also
- Other cities in Russia
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Voronezh", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2046, OL 6112221M
- ↑ Richard Stites (2008). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13757-6.
- ↑ Lynn M. Sargeant (2010). Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-978079-2.
- ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ Malte Rolf (2013). Soviet Mass Festivals, 1917-1991. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7868-8.
- ↑ "Russianmuseums.info". Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ "Voronezh Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ "Importing The Glory Of Youth", New York Times, 26 June 1992
- ↑ "City History". City district administration of Voronezh. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ↑ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
- ↑ Mike Bowker and Antje Grebner (2007). "Referendum on the Construction of a Nuclear Heating Plant in Voronezh in 1990: an Example of Grassroots Democracy in the Soviet Union". Slavonic and East European Review 85. JSTOR 25479108.
- ↑ "New mystery blast in Russian city", BBC News, 26 July 2004
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