Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

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

Prior to 20th century

1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov 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 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
1897 - Population: 119,889.[1]
1899 - Rostov City 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 - Rostov Zoo established.[12]
1928
- Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.[4]
- Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.
1929
- Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don created.[11]
- Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
1930
- Selmashstroy football club formed.
- Olimp-2 stadium built.[13]
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]
- 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 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
- Mikhail Chernyshev becomes mayor.
- Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.[17][18]
2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

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

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.
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.
Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
Murphy 2005.
"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

"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

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[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] "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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