The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Samara, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
1586 - Fortress established. 1685 - Cathedral built. 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town. 1850 Samara government established. founded. 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens. 1871 - becomes mayor. 1881 - built. 1882 - Society of Doctors established. 1883 - Population: 63,479. 1894 - built. 1897 - Population: 91,672.
20th century
1913 - Population: 144,000. 1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast. 1932 - Botanical Garden State University established. 1935 Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev). Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished. 1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow. 1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed. 1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow. 1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens. 1965 - Population: 948,000. 1985 - Population: 1,257,000. 1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open. 1989 - Samara State University founded. 1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast. 1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens. 1993 Samara State Medical University active. Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open. 1997 - becomes mayor. 1999 - Samara Mosque built. 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.
21st century
2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens. 2007 Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens. becomes governor of the Samara Oblast. 2010 - Population: 1,164,896. 2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
See also Samara history History of Samara
Other names of Samara e.g. Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev Timelines of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod
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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
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