The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Samara, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 1586 - Fortress established.[1]
- 1685 - Cathedral built.[2]
- 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town.[3]
- 1850
- Samara government established.[3]
- Iversky Monastery founded.[4]
- 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
- 1871 - Vasily Bureya becomes mayor.
- 1881 - Zhigulevsky Brewery built.[5]
- 1882 - Society of Doctors established.[3]
- 1883 - Population: 63,479.[2]
- 1894 - Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Samara) built.[2]
- 1897 - Population: 91,672.[2]
20th century
edit- 1913 - Population: 144,000.[6]
- 1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast.[7]
- 1932 - Botanical Garden State University established.[8]
- 1935
- Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev).[9]
- Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished.
- 1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow.[10]
- 1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed.
- 1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow.[10]
- 1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens.
- 1965 - Population: 948,000.[11]
- 1985 - Population: 1,257,000.[12]
- 1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open.
- 1989 - Samara State University founded.[13]
- 1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
- 1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- 1993
- Samara State Medical University active.[13]
- Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open.
- 1997 - George Limansky becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Samara Mosque built.
- 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.[citation needed]
21st century
edit- 2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- 2007
- Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- Vladimir Artyakov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.[7]
- 2010 - Population: 1,164,896.[7]
- 2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
See also
edit- Samara history
- History of Samara
- List of mayors of Samara, Russia
- List of heads of the Samara, Russia region
- Other names of Samara e.g. Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev
- Timelines of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod
References
edit- ^ "О самаре: История" [History] (in Russian). Администрация го Самара (Administration of Samara). Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c Ministry of Ways of Communication 1900.
- ^ Russia & Belarus. Lonely Planet. 2006. ISBN 978-1-74104-291-7.
- ^ "Иcтория развития" (in Russian). ОАО "Жигулёвское пиво". Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ a b c "Samara Oblast". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- ^ "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ G.R.F. Bursa (1985). "Political Changes of Names of Soviet Towns". Slavonic and East European Review. 63 (2): 161–193. JSTOR 4209080.
- ^ a b Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
Kuibyshev
- ^ 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.
Kuibyshev
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 575+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
edit- "Samara-Zlatoust Railway: Samara". Guide to the Great Siberian Railway. St. Petersburg: Ministry of Ways of Communication. 1900.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 108.
- "Samara", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Samara", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
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