Timeline of Volgograd
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
- 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.
- 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the False Dmitry I.
- 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stenka Razin.
- 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev.
- 1862 – begins operating.
- 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
- 1897
- * Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.
- * Population: 55,914.
- 1900
- * established.
- * Population: 67,650.
20th century
- 1911 – Synagogue built.
- 1913 – Population: 100,817.
- 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed.
- 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
- 1925 – 10 April: City [List of List of renamed cities and towns in Russia|renamed cities and towns in Russia|renamed] "Stalingrad."
- 1926 – Population: 151,490.
- 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
- 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.
- 1939 – Population: 445,476.
- 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.
- 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.
- 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
- 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
- 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.
- 1961
- * 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."
- * Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
- 1964
- * opens.
- * Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
- 1965 – Population: 700,000.
- 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
- 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.
- 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
- 1985
- * opens.
- * Population: 974,000.
- 1987 – founded.
- 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
- 1991 – becomes mayor.
- 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.
- 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.
- 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.
21st century
- 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.
- 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
- 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
- 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
- 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
- 2013
- * 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
- * 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
- * 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
- 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion