The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
1723 - built. 1725 - Verkhne-Isetski ironworks established. 1735 - Yekaterinburg Mint begins operating. 1758 - St. Catherine's Cathedral founded. 1774 - Epiphany Cathedral founded. 1783 - Yekaterinburg coat of arms design adopted. 1824 - Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace built. 1839 - Trinity Cathedral consecrated. 1845 - Ekaterinburg Drama Theatre founded. 1853 - Natural history museum opens. 1860 - Population: 19,830. 1876 - Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) built. 1878 - Perm-Ekaterinburg railway begins operating. 1883 - Population: 25,133. 1885 - Russian Orthodox established. 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating. 1897 - Population: 43,052.
20th century
1913 - Population: 70,000. 1918 - 17 July: Execution of the Romanov family by Bolsheviks. 1919 - City becomes capital of the . 1920 - Ural State University founded (including Ural Industrial Institute). 1923 - City becomes capital of Ural Oblast. 1924 - City renamed "Sverdlovsk." 1926 - Population: 136,421. 1928 - Nizhne-Isetski becomes part of city. 1930 established. Avangard football club formed. Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) demolished. 1932 - Uktus Airfield in operation. 1933 - Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant begins operating. 1934 Urals State Conservatory founded. City becomes capital of the Sverdlovsk Oblast. 1936 - Ural Philharmonic Orchestra founded. 1939 - Population: 425,544. 1941 - Red Army Theatre relocates temporarily to Sverdlovsk. 1943 - Koltsovo Airport in operation. 1955 - Television Centre begins broadcasting. 1957 - Central Stadium built. 1965 - Population: 919,000. 1977 - Ipatiev House demolished. 1979 2 April: Sverdlovsk anthrax leak. Population: 1,239,000. 1983 - TV Tower construction begins. 1985 - Population: 1,300,000. 1991 City named "Yekaterinburg" again. Yekaterinburg Metro begins operating. Yekaterinburg Commodity Exchange founded. 1992 - Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky becomes mayor. 1993 - 27 September: declared. 1999 - Bishop ousted. 2000 - City becomes part of the Ural Federal District.
21st century
2003 - Church of All Saints built. 2006 - IKEA branch in business. 2009 16 June: 1st BRIC summit held in city. Yeltsin Presidential Center founded. 2010 Alexander Yacob becomes head of city administration. built on Population: 1,349,772. 2011 Russian Orthodox established. Vysotsky (skyscraper) built. 2013 15 February: Chelyabinsk meteor visible from city. 28 August: Search for escaped crocodile. 8 September: held; Yevgeny Roizman wins. Population: 1,424,702.
See also Yekaterinburg history
List of administrative-territorial units headquartered in Yekaterinburg (in Russian)
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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
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