Timeline_of_Rostov-on-Don Knowpia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Prior to 20th century edit

1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.^[1]^[2]
1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.^{[citation needed]}
1811 - Coat of arms [ru] 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.^{[citation needed]}
1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.^{[citation needed]}
1881 - Population: 70,700.^[1]
1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
1897 - Population: 119,889.^[1]
1899 - Rostov City Hall built.^[1]

20th century edit

1905 - Population: 126,375.^[1]
1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don [ru] 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 [ru] established.^[11]
1926 - Population: 308,103.^[4]
1927 - Rostov Zoo established.^[12]
1928
- Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.^[4]
- Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.^{[citation needed]}
1929
- Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.^[11]
- Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
1930
- Selmashstroy football club formed.
- Olimp-2 stadium built.^[13]
1936 - Pervomaiske Raion [ru] established.^[11]
1937
- RODKA football club formed.
- Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru], Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru],^[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]
- Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
1965
- Voroshilovsky bridge built.
- Population: 720,000.^[15]
1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.^[11]
1985
- Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] established.^[11]
- Population: 986,000.^[16]
1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.^[9]
1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
1996
- Mikhail Chernyshev [ru] becomes mayor.
- Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.^[17]^[18]
2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century edit

2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
2010
- Stele City of Military Glory erected.
- Population: 1,089,261.
2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.
^ "History, Destinies, Persons". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ "Symbolics". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rostov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1605, OL 6112221M
^ Wiernik 1907.
^ "Rostov-on-Don". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ Baedeker 1914.
^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ ^a ^b Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
^ Murphy 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Districts of the City". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ 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.
^ "A Look at the Venues Hosting 2018 World Cup", New York Times, 15 July 2014
^ "Rostov Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
^ 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.

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

"Rostof, on river Don". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (2nd ed.). London: John Murray. 1868.
Peter Wiernik (1907), "Rostof", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752854{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Rostov-on-the-Don" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 755.
"Rostov-on-the-Don", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
Brian Murphy (2005). Rostov in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920. Routledge. ISBN 1-134-27128-X.

External links edit

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[destinies-2] "History, Destinies, Persons". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[symbolics-3] "Symbolics". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[seltzer1952-4] Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rostov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1605, OL 6112221M

[FOOTNOTEWiernik1907-5] Wiernik 1907.

[yivo-6] "Rostov-on-Don". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1914-7] Baedeker 1914.

[8] "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[europa2002-9] Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.

[FOOTNOTEMurphy2005-10] Murphy 2005.

[districts-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Districts of the City". Rostov-gorod.ru. Rostov-on-Don Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[Kisling2000-12] 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[17] Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.

[OrttungLussier2000-18] 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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