Timeline of Kharkiv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Prior to 20th century

1654 – Kharkiv founded by Zaporozhian Cossacks.
1689 – built.
1734 – Kharkov Collegium founded.
1764 – Church of the Holy Trinity built.
1765 – Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine governetore in Russian Empire.
1777 – Assumption Cathedral built.
1797 – Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
1805 – Kharkiv University established.
1817 – Population: 12,892.
1820 – constructed on.
1835 – Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.
1867 – Population: 59,968.
1868 – Railway begins operating.
1878 – Student protest.
1882
* Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.
* Population: 133,139.
1885 – Technological Institute founded.
1886 - Kharkiv Public Library and Museum of Art and Industry established.
1893 – Myronosytska Church rebuilt.
1895 – Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
1897 – Population: 170,682.
1900
* Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.
* Population: 197,405.

20th century

1901 – Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.
1903 – "People's palace" established.
1906 – Tram begins operating.
1913
* Choral Synagogue built.
* Population: 258,360.
1917 – December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
1918
* February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
* April: troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic take control of Kharkiv together with the German Army.
1919
* January: Kharkiv taken by the Red Army.
* March: Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkiv.
* June: Kharkiv taken by the White Army.
* December: Kharkiv retaken by the Red Army.
1920
* City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
* Museum of History opens.
1921
* Polish diplomatic mission established.
* Futurist Komkosmos group formed.
1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.
1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
1926
* Traktor Stadium opens.
* Population: 417,342.
1927
* Nova Generatsiia literary journal begins publication.
* Morozov Design Bureau established.
1928
* Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.
* Literaturnyi iarmarok journal begins publication.
1929
* Institute of Political Education established.
* Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.
1930
* International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.
* National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
1932
* Holodomor.
* City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations and KhTZ Stadium built.
1934
* Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.
* opens.
* International Hotel built.
* Red Factory Theatre built.
1935
* College of Textile and Design established.
* Shevchenko monument erected in.
1939 – Population: 833,432.
1940 – April–May: as part of the Katyn massacre.
1941
* 1,200 political prisoners burned alive by the retreating Soviets in the Kharkiv tragedy.
* 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
* Nazi prison established by the Germans.
1942 – 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
1943
* 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
* 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
1947 – Zerkalʹnaya struya built.
1954
* Kharkov Airport opens.
* Institute of Fire Safety established.
1959 - Population: 934,136.
1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.
1964
* Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
* Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
1965 – Population: 1,070,000.
1972 – 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
1975 – Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
1979 – Population: 1,485,000.
1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
1985 - Population: 1,554,000.
1988 – Museum of Literature established.
1989
* Population: 1,609,959.
* Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
1990
* UkrSibbank headquartered in city.
* built.
1991 – City becomes part of independent Ukraine.
1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

21st century

2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.
2004 – Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
2006 – 22 April: Supermarket bombings.
2010 – Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
2012
* June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
* 15 December: Beheadings
2014
* 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
* Kharkiv Battalion established.
* Population: 1,451,132.
2015 – 22 February: Bombing.
2018 – Population: 1,430,515.
2021 – 21 January: Fire.
2022 – 24 February: Battle against Russia Begins.