Timeline of Grozny

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• 1819 – Groznaya fort built by Russian Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov.[1]
• 1870 – Grozny granted town status in Terek Oblast.
• 1876 – Population: 6,000 (approximate).[2][3]
• 1893 – Oil discovered in Grozny area.[2]
• 1897 – Population: 15,599.[4]
• 1900 – Synagogue opens.[5]

• 1913 – Population: 34,067.[6]
• 1917 – Groznensky Rabochy newspaper begins publication.
• 1926 – Population: 97,000.[2]
• 1928 – Grozny–Tuapse oil pipeline launched.
• 1929 – City becomes capital of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast.[2]
• 1932 – Electric tramway begins operating.
• 1936 – Chechen-Ingush Philharmonic Society active.[2]
• 1937 – Grozny Music College opens.[2]
• 1938 – Grozney University founded.
• 1939 – Population: 175,000.[2]
• 1944 – Vainakh people in North Caucasus expelled.
• 1946 – Stadium built.
• 1958 – August: 1958 Grozny riots.
• 1965 – Population: 314,000.[7]
• 1973 – January: Ingush demonstrations at Lenin Square.[8]
• 1977 – Grozny Airport terminal built.
• 1980 – Chechen State Teacher Training College founded.
• 1985 – Population: 393,000.[9]
• 1991
  • City becomes capital of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
  • Beslan Gantemirov becomes mayor.[10]
  • Lenin Square renamed "Sheikh Mansur Square."
  • 9 November: Pro-Chechnya demonstration at Freedom Square.[11]
• 1993 – 15 April: Demonstration against Dzhokhar Dudayev.[12]
• 1994
  • 13 June: Conflict.[13]
  • 15 October: "Opposition forces attack" city.[13]
  • 26–27 November: Battle of Grozny.
  • 28 December: Battle of Khankala occurs near city.
  • 31 December: Battle of Grozny (1994–95) begins.
  • Population: 370,000 (estimate).[2]
• 1995
  • January: Battle of Grozny.[13]
  • 19 January: Presidential Palace captured by Russian forces.[14]
  • Population: 60,000 (approximate).[13]
• 1996
  • Presidential Palace, Grozny demolished.
  • May: Conflict.[13]
  • 6–20 August: Battle of Grozny.[15]
  • Mayor Beslan Gantemirov arrested for embezzlement.[10]
  • Islamic Youth Centre opens (approximate date).[16]
• 1997
  • City renamed "Dzokhar-Ghala."[12]
  • June: Mayoral election declared invalid.[17]
• 1999
  • 1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya.
  • 21 October: Grozny ballistic missile attack.[13]
  • 3 December: Refugee convoy shooting occurs near city.
  • 25 December: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) begins.[13][18]
• 2000
  • 30 January: Mayor Lecha Dudayev killed.[19]
  • February: Russian forces take city.[15][20]
  • 5 February: Novye Aldi massacre occurs near city.
  • 14 February: City "sealed."[21]
  • 2 March: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
  • April: Land mines cleared; civilians begin returning to city.[13]
  • Grozneftegaz oil company headquartered in Grozny.[22]

• 2001 – 17 September: Mi-8 crash.
• 2002
  • 18 April: 2002 Grozny OMON ambush.
  • 30 June: Peace rally at Teatralnaya Square.[23]
  • 19 August: 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash near city.
  • 27 December: Truck bombing.[15]
  • Population: 205,000.[2]
• 2003 – Movsar Temirbayev becomes mayor.
• 2004
  • 9 May: Explosion at stadium; Akhmad Kadyrov killed.[15][24]
  • 21–22 August: 2004 Grozny raid.
• 2006 – Population: 240,000 (estimate).[25]
• 2007 – Muslim Khuchiyev becomes mayor.
• 2008
  • Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque opens.[26]
  • 11 October: The 5.8 M_w  Chechnya earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Damage was limited in Grozny, but 13 were killed and 116 were injured in the districts of Gudermes, Shalinsky and Kurchaloyevsky.
  • Victory Avenue renamed "Putin Avenue."[27][28]
• 2010
  • 19 October: Chechen Parliament attack.
  • Population: 271,600 (estimate).[29]
• 2011 – Grozny-City Towers and Terek Stadium built.[30]
• 2012
  • Islam Kadyrov becomes mayor.[31]
  • Lermontov Drama Theatre rebuilt.[32]
• 2013 – 3 April: Fire in Olympus Tower.[33]
• 2014 – 4 December: 2014 Grozny clashes.
• 2015 – March: Rally in support of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[34]

• Grozny history (ru)
• Administrative divisions of Chechnya
• Other names of Grozny
• Timelines of other cities in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia: Makhachkala

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

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• Yulia Vishnevets (26 March 2007). "Грозный" [Grozny]. (photos of city)
• City of Grozny (2009). "Post-conflict Restoration of the City of Grozny". Archived from the original on 2013-07-05.