Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

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  • 1761 - Fort established.[1][2]
  • 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.
  • 1811 - Coat of arms design adopted.[3]
  • 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.[4]
  • 1842 - Synagogue built.[5]
  • 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.[6]
  • 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.
  • 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.
  • 1881 - Population: 70,700.[1]
  • 1896 - Moscow Hotel built.
  • 1897 - Population: 119,889.[1]
  • 1899 - Town hall built.[1]

20th century
  • 1905 - Population: 126,375.[1]
  • 1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don built.[7]
  • 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
  • 1913 - Population: 204,725.[8]
  • 1915 - Rostov State University founded.[9]
  • 1917 - Cossacks take city.
  • 1920
    • January: Red Army takes city.[10]
    • Temernitskiy District established.[11]
  • 1926 - Population: 308,103.[4]
  • 1927 - Zoo established.[12]
  • 1928
  • 1929
    • Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
    • Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
  • 1930
  • 1936 - Pervomaiske Raion established.[11]
  • 1937
    • RODKA football club formed.
    • Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don, Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don,[11] and Rostov Oblast[14] established.
  • 1939
    • Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
    • Population: 520,253.[4]
  • 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
  • 1942 - City taken by German forces.[4]
  • 1965
    • Voroshilov Bridge built.
    • Population: 720,000.[15]
  • 1969 - Fallen Warrier Monument unveiled.
  • 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
  • 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
  • 1985
    • Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don established.[11]
    • Population: 986,000.[16]
  • 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.[9]
  • 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
  • 1996
  • 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century
  • 2007 - Church of the Intercession (Rostov-on-Don) built.
  • 2009 - 24 July: 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
  • 2010
    • Rostov-on-Don City of Military Glory memorial erected.
    • Population: 1,089,261.
  • 2016 - 19 March: Airplane crash occurs.

See also

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. "History, Destinies, Persons". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. "Symbolics". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rostov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1605, OL 6112221M
  5. Wiernik 1907.
  6. "Rostov-on-Don". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. Baedeker 1914.
  8. "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  9. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
  10. Murphy 2005.
  11. "Districts of the City". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Western Europe: Russia and former Soviet Union (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. p. 375+. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  13. "A Look at the Venues Hosting 2018 World Cup", New York Times, 15 July 2014
  14. "Rostov Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
  15. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  16. 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.
  17. Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
  18. Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). "Rostov Oblast". The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. p. 445. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.

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