Timeline Of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Prior to 20th century

* 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."
* 1227 – built.
* 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
* 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.
* 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
* 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.
* 1631 – rebuilt.
* 1719 – Stroganov church built.
* 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.
* 1822 – built.
* 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
* 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
* 1867 – Population: 40,742.
* 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins.
* 1871 - Steamship ''Perevorot'' built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River.
* 1881 – Population: 57,530.
* 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.
* 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
* 1897 – Population: 98,503.

20th century

* 1909 – '' Kozma Minin'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1913 – Population: 112,300.
* 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
* 1918
** N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
** Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established.
* 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
* 1926 – Population: 222,356.
* 1929
** Shukhov Towers erected.
** Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.
** Sormovo becomes part of city.
* 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
* 1932
** City renamed "Gorky."
** Gorky Automobile Plant established.
** Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
* 1939 – Population: 644,116.
* 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky.
* 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.
* 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded.
* 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
* 1965
** built.
** Population: 1,085,000.
* 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
* 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.
* 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.
* 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
* 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
* 1992 – GAZ privatized.
* 1994
** Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.
** Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.
* 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

21st century

* 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

* 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

''This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.''

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