Timeline of Pskov
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pskov, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 903 - Pleskov founded.[1]
- 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.[2]
- 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.[3]
- 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu [4]
- 1266 - City wall constructed.[2]
- 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.[2][5]
- 1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov built (approximate date).
- 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.[2]
- 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.[2]
- 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.[2]
- 1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650.[5]
- 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt.[2]
- 1843 - Catholic church built.[6]
- 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
- 1897 - Population: 29,555.
- 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.[7]
20th century
- 1903 - Archaeological museum active.[2]
- 1911 - Olginsky Bridge opens.
- 1913 - Population: 38,300.[8]
- 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.[1]
- 1920 - Pskov State Theatre active.
- 1939 - Population: 59,898.[1]
- 1941
- 1944
- 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.[1]
- Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
- 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.[10]
- 1959 - Population: 80,448.
- 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
- 1965 - Population: 108,000.[11]
- 1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October opens.
- 1985 - Population: 194,000.[12]
- 1989 - Population: 203,789.
- 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov opens.
- 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.[13]
- 2000
- Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.[14]
- Catholic cathedral construction begins.[6]
- City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.
21st century
- 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 203,279.
See also
- Pskov history
- History of Pskov
- Category:History of Pskov (in Russian)
- Other names of Pskov, e.g. Pleskau, Pleskov
- Timelines of other cities in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Pskov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1525, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Langer 1984.
- ↑ Henry of Latvia, Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae, p. 131
- 1 2 Lawrence N. Langer (2002). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.
- 1 2 "New Russian Cathedral Stymied by Interfaith Rift", New York Times, 10 September 2002
- ↑ Baedeker 1914.
- ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ Daniela Kalkandjieva (2015). The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948: From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.
- ↑ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
- ↑ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
- ↑ Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Pskov", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown – via HathiTrust
- George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Pskov". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
- "Pskof", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
- Peter Kropotkin; John Thomas Bealby (1910), "Pskov", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "Pskov", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Pskov", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
- Lawrence N. Langer (1984). "The Posadnichestvo of Pskov: Some Aspects of Urban Administration in Medieval Russia". Slavic Review. 43. JSTOR 2498734.
- Timothy E. Heleniak (1988). "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: Northwest Region: Pskov Oblast and City". Bibliography of Soviet Statistical Handbooks. Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census – via Hathi Trust. (fulltext)
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Pskov". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Northern Europe. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 610. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- Savignac, David (trans). The Pskov 3rd Chronicle.
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