The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars." 1227 – built. 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date). 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded. 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built. 1631 – rebuilt. 1719 – Stroganov church built. 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins. 1822 – built. 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established. 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens. 1867 – Population: 40,742. 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins. 1871 - Steamship Perevorot built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River. 1881 – Population: 57,530. 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest. 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built. 1897 – Population: 98,503.
20th century
1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication. 1913 – Population: 112,300. 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded. 1918 N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established. 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established. 1926 – Population: 222,356. 1929 Shukhov Towers erected. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created. Sormovo becomes part of city. 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established. 1932 City renamed "Gorky." Gorky Automobile Plant established. Lokomotiv Stadium opens. 1939 – Population: 644,116. 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky. 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established. 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded. 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed. 1965 built. Population: 1,085,000. 1970 – Sovetsky City District established. 1979 – Population: 1,367,000. 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating. 1989 – Population: 1,438,133. 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established. 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. 1992 – GAZ privatized. 1994 Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation. Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor. 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.
21st century
2002 – Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) opens. 2010 – Population: 1,250,619. 2012 – Nizhny Novgorod cable car to Bor begins operating. 2015 - FC Nizhny Novgorod founded. 2016 – 70th Anniversary of Victory Plant built. 2017 – Bor bridge II built. 2018 - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium opened.
See also Nizhny Novgorod history History of Nizhny Novgorod Other names of Nizhny Novgorod Timelines of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Samara
References
This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
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