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of the

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of the city of Volgograd,

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Prior to 20th century

* 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded. * 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the

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. * 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack

Stenka Razin Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (russian: Степа́н Тимофе́евич Ра́зин, ; 1630 – ), known as Stenka Razin ( ), was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 1 ...

. * 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev. * 1862 – begins operating. * 1871 –

Volgograd railway station Volgograd-Glavny (russian: Волгоград-Главный) is a major junction railway station of Volgograd in Russia. It is located in the Central District of the city at Railway Station Square, 1. The station is one of the largest in Russia ...

rebuilt. * 1897 ** Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established. **

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: 55,914. * 1900 ** established. ** Population: 67,650.

20th century

* 1911 –

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* 1913 – Population: 100,817. * 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed. * 1918 –

Battle of Tsaritsyn The Battle of Tsaritsyn was a military confrontation between the Red Army and the White Army during the Russian Civil War for control of Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd), a significant city and port on the Volga River in southwestern Russia. The city ...

begins. * 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad." * 1926 – Population: 151,490. * 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed. * 1930 –

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begins operating. * 1939 – Population: 445,476. * 1942 – 19 August:

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begins. * 1943 – 2 February:

ends; Soviets in power. * 1951 –

Barmaley Fountain The Barmaley (Russian: Бармалей) is an informal name of a fountain in the city of Volgograd (formerly known as Stalingrad). Its official name is Children's Khorovod (Round Dance). The statue is of a circle of six children dancing the khor ...

dismantled. * 1952 – Volgograd Airport established. * 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play '' Flight''. * 1961 ** 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd." **

Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES (russian: Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭ� ...

commissioned near city. * 1964 ** opens. ** Central Stadium (Volgograd) built. * 1965 – Population: 700,000. * 1967 – ''

The Motherland Calls ''The Motherland Calls'' ( rus, Родина-мать зовёт!, Rodina-mat' zovyot!, t=Homeland-Mother Is Calling!) is the compositional centre of the monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, R ...

'' monument unveiled. * 1980 –

Volgograd State University Volgograd State University (VolSU, russian: Волгоградский государственный университет) is a public university and one of the leading institutions of higher education in Volgograd, Russia. History The first ...

founded. * 1984 –

Volgograd Metrotram The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a light rail surface/subway line operating in Volgograd, Russia. It was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and had served 50 million passengers per year at the time the 2011 extension was opened. ...

begins operating. * 1985 ** opens. ** Population: 974,000. * 1987 – founded. * 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed. * 1991 – becomes

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. * 1992 –

Volgograd State Pedagogical University The Volgograd State Pedagogical University (russian: Волгоградский государственный педагогический университет, abbreviation: ''VSPU'') is one of the major pedagogical institutions in the Russian ...

active. * 1996 –

Nikolay Maksyuta Nikolay Kirillovich Maksyuta (russian: Николай Кириллович Максюта; 26 May 1947 – 1 November 2020) was a Russian politician who was governor of Volgograd Oblast from 1997–2010.

becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast. * 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

* 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden establishe

* 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held;

Roman Grebennikov Roman Georgiyevich Grebennikov (russian: Роман Георгиевич Гребенников; born 25 August 1975 in Volgograd, USSR) is a Russian political figure and former Mayor of Volgograd. He was elected Mayor of Volgograd in 2007. Bi ...

wins. * 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed. * 2009 –

Volgograd Bridge Volgograd Bridge (russian: Волгоградский мост) is a concrete girder bridge over the Volga River in the city of Volgograd, Russia. The bridge and adjacent flyovers are long. The bridge, which was inaugurated October 10, 2009, aft ...

opens. * 2010 – Population: 1,021,215. * 2013 ** 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy. ** 21 October:

October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing The October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 21 October 2013 on a bus in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia. The attack was perpetrated by a female suicide bomber named Naida Sir ...

. ** 29–30 December:

December 2013 Volgograd bombings In December 2013, two separate suicide bombings a day apart targeted mass transportation in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia, killing 34 people overall, including both perpetrators. The attacks followed a bus bo ...

* 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion

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