The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.
19th century
1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians. 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built. 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status. 1870 - Harbor constructed. 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built. 1897 - Population: 9,806.
20th century
1919 No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk. Population: 18,000. 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city. 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala." 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established. 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens. 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded. 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication. 1937 - "Tanker basin" built. 1939 - Population: 86,836. 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date). 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed. 1957 - Dagestan State University established. 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens. 1965 - Population: 152,000. 1970 14 May: Earthquake. Population: 185,863. 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established. 1985 - Population: 301,000. 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established. 1991 City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic. Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed. 13 June: Muslim demonstration. 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed. 1996 - August: Bombing. 1998 Said Amirov becomes mayor. Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.
21st century
2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins. 2002 18 January: Bombing. Population: 462,412. 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication. 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing. 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted. 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision. 2010 - Population: 572,076. 2011 22 November: Bombings. 25 November: Protest. 2012 - 3 May: Bombings. 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested. 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus
See also History of Makhachkala Administrative divisions of Makhachkala History of Dagestan History of the Jews in Makhachkala Timelines of other cities in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia: Grozny
References
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and the Russian Wikipedia.
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