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

Prior to 20th century

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• 1586 - Fortress established.
• 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.
• 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.
• 1703 - Fire.
• 1748 - Fire.
• 1773 - Fire.
• 1802 - Theatre troupe established.
• 1826 - Stone Bridge, Voronezh [ru] opens.
• 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).
• 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.
• 1868
  • Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • Koltsov memorial erected.
• 1871
  • Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.
  • Koltsovsky Park [ru] opens.
• 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
• 1897 - Population: 84,015.

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 84,146.
• 1913 - Population: 94,800.
• 1918
  • Voronezh State University established.
  • Sirena literary journal begins publication.
• 1926 - Population: 120,017.
• 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.
• 1933 - Kramskoy Museum of Fine Arts [ru] opens.
• 1934
  • City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.
  • Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
• 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.
• 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.
• 1939 - Population: 326,836.
• 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
• 1954 - Vogresovsky Bridge [ru] opens.
• 1959 - Chernavsky Bridge [ru] rebuilt.
• 1963 - Voronezh Modern Youth Theatre [ru] established.
• 1965 - Population: 576,000.
• 1968 - Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre [ru] active.
• 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.
• 1979 - Population: 809,000.
• 1985
  • North Bridge, Voronezh [ru] opens.
  • Population: 850,000.
• 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.
• 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.
• 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

21st century

• 2004
  • Boris Skrynnikov [ru] becomes mayor.
  • Bombings.
• 2008 - Sergey Koliukh becomes mayor.
• 2009
  • Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh built.
  • Voronezh tram system is stopped.
• 2010 - Population: 889,680.

See also

• Voronezh history
• History of Voronezh [ru]
• Timelines of other cities in the Central Federal District of Russia: Moscow, Smolensk

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2046, OL 6112221M
3. 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.
4. Lynn M. Sargeant (2010). Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-978079-2.
5. "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
6. Malte Rolf (2013). Soviet Mass Festivals, 1917-1991. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7868-8.
7. "Russianmuseums.info". Russian Cultural Heritage Network [ru]. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
8. "Voronezh Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
9. "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
10. "Importing The Glory Of Youth", New York Times, 26 June 1992
11. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
12. "City History". Voronezh-city.ru. City district administration of Voronezh. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
13. Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
14. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
15. Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
16. Bowker 2007.
17. "New mystery blast in Russian city", BBC News, 26 July 2004

This article incorporates information from the Russian Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

• "Voronezh (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 212.
• "Voronezh", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
• William Henry Beable (1919), "Voronezh", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
• Mike Bowker; 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 (3): 543–559. doi:10.1353/see.2007.0042. JSTOR 25479108. S2CID 152015984.

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Voronezh, various dates

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