The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
19th century
1858 - Territory ceded to Russia by China per Treaty of Aigun. 1860 - June: Russian ship Manchzhur arrives; military barracks constructed under command of Nikolay Vasilyevich Komarov. 1864 - Kunst & Albers in business. 1865 - Vladivostok designated a free port. 1870 - Korean settlers arrived in Vladivostok for the first time. 1871 Okhotsk Military Flotilla based in Vladivostok. Japan-Vladivostok telegraph cable installed. Amerikanskaya Street laid out. 1877 - Maritime navigation light established. 1880 Vladivostok designated a city. Population: 7,300. 1881 - Vladivostok Police directorate formed. 1883 Resettlement administration established. Coat of arms tiger design adopted. Vladivostok newspaper begins publication. 1884 - Society for the Study of the Amur Region established. 1887 - Public reading-hall opens. 1888 - Oblast governor's residence related to Vladivostok from Khabarovsk. 1890 - Amurskiy Regional Museum opens. 1891 - May: Nicholas II visits city. 1892 - Far East newspaper begins publication. 1894 - State Bank branch opens. 1897 - Population: 28,896. 1898 - Russo-Chinese Bank branch opens. 1899 Oriental Institute opens. Advertiser newspaper begins publication. 1900 Population: 38,000. Ceased to be a free port.
20th century
1902 - Vladivostok Sea School of Far Navigation founded. 1903 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating. 1906 - January: Armed revolt. 1907 Siberian Bank branch opens. October: Armed revolt. Winter: After a multitude of alleged paranormal incidents and multiple crew deaths, the Ivan Vassili is burned by drunken sailors.Nautical Nightmares | Part 1 | For Those In Peril 1908 - Tram begins operating. 1909 - Population: 90,100. 1911 - Korean enclave Shinhanchon is established. 1912 Train station built. Theater and Music begins publication. 1917 - December: Japanese military occupies railroad. 1918 Vladivostok Fortress finishes construction. April 4: Three Japanese killed. April 5: United States, Japanese, and British military stationed in city. 1920 - April: United States military withdraws from city. 1922 - October 25: Red Army in power. 1930s - Transit prisons established. 1930 Far Eastern Politechnical Institute established. Moscow-Vladivostok automotive rally conducted. 1931 - Maxim Gorky Academic Theater founded. 1932 - Airfield begins operating. 1937 - Shinhanchon is dissolved after the forced deportation of Koreans to Central Asia. 1942 - A Doolittle Raid B-25 makes an emergency landing in Vladivostok. 1954 - Krushchev visits city. 1957 - Dynamo Stadium opens. 1958 Vladivostok designated a closed city. Vladivostok State Medical Institute established. Football Club Luch formed. 1960 - Centennial Prospect (street) laid out. 1965 - Population: 367,000. 1967 - Far Eastern Technological Institute founded. 1974 - November: USA-USSR arms control summit held. 1985 - Population: 600,000. 1988 - City opens to Soviet citizens. 1990 - Vladimir Yefremov becomes mayor. 1991 Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA. Vladivostok's closed city status ends. 1992 Pacific Economic Development & Cooperation Center established. August: Asia-Pacific Theatre Festival held. 1993 - Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor. 1994 - Tolstoshein Konstantin Borisovich becomes mayor. 1996 September 21: VladiROCKstok music festival held. Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor again. 1998 - Youry Kopylov becomes mayor. 1999 - Spartak Primorye basketball club formed. 2000 - City becomes part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
21st century
2003 - Pacific Meridian film festival begins. 2004 - Vladimir Nikolayev elected mayor. 2005 - Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard renovated. 2006 - Vladivostok Times news site begins publication. 2008 Igor Pushkaryov becomes mayor. December: Protest. 2009 - Protests. 2010 November: International Youth Tiger Summit held. Population: 592,100. 2011 - Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline opens. 2012 Zolotoy Rog Bridge and Russky Bridge built. September: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held on Russky Island.
See also History of Vladivostok Pacific Fleet (Russia)
Other names of Vladivostok List of cities and towns in the Russian Far East
References
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
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