Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
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- 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."[1]
- 1227 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) built.
- 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
- 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.[2]
- 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.[1]
- 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.[3]
- 1631 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) rebuilt.
- 1719 – Stroganov church built.[1]
- 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.[1][3]
- 1822 – Old Fair Church of the Transfiguration (Nizhny Novgorod) built.
- 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
- 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
- 1867 – Population: 40,742.[4]
- 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1871 - Steamship Perevorot built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River.[3]
- 1881 – Population: 57,530.[5]
- 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.[6]
- 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
- 1897 – Population: 98,503.
20th century[edit]
- 1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication.
- 1913 – Population: 112,300.[7]
- 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
- 1918
- 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
- 1926 – Population: 222,356.[1]
- 1929
- Shukhov Towers erected.
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.[8]
- Sormovo becomes part of city.[1]
- 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
- 1932
- City renamed "Gorky."[8]
- Gorky Automobile Plant established.[9]
- Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
- 1939 – Population: 644,116.[1]
- 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky.
- 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.[10]
- 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded.
- 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
- 1965
- Bor bridge built.
- Population: 1,085,000.[11]
- 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
- 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.[12]
- 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.[8]
- 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
- 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
- 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.[8]
- 1992 – GAZ privatized.[13]
- 1994
- Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.[8]
- Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.[14]
- 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.
21st century[edit]
- 2002 – Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) opens.
- 2010 – Population: 1,250,619.
- 2012 – Nizhny Novgorod cable car to Bor begins operating.
- 2015 - FC Nizhny Novgorod founded.
- 2016 – 70th Anniversary of Victory Plant built.
- 2017 – Bor bridge II built.
- 2018 - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium opened.
See also[edit]
- Nizhny Novgorod history
- History of Nizhny Novgorod
- Other names of Nizhny Novgorod
- Timelines of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Samara
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Gorki", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 698, OL 6112221M
- ^ Baedeker 1914.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Nizhni Novgorod". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company. hdl:2027/hvd.hn585n.
- ^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ a b c d e f g Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
- ^ Austin 2004.
- ^ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
Gorky
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Turin meets Detroit—on the Volga", The Economist, 5 March 1998
- ^ 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[edit]
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Niznei Novgorod", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382335 – via Hathi Trust
- John Geddie (1885). "Nishni-Novgorod". Russian Empire: its Rise and Progress. London: T. Nelson.
- "Nijni-Novgorod", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
- "Nijni-Novgorod", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752862
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). p. 721.
- "Nizhni-Novgorod", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Nijni-Novgorod", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nizhny Novgorod". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Northern Europe. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 541. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- Richard Cartwright Austin (2004). Building Utopia: Erecting Russia's First Modern City, 1930. Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-730-9. (About Nizhny Novgorod)
- Catherine Evtuhov (2006). "Nizhnii Novgorod in the 19th century". In Dominic Lieven (ed.). Imperial Russia, 1689–1917. Cambridge History of Russia. Cambridge University Press. p. 264+. ISBN 978-0-521-81529-1.
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