Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

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Tannu Tuva| 1921–1944

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* 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."[1]
* 1227 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] built.
* 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
* 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.[2]
* 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.[1]
* 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.[3]
* 1631 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] rebuilt.
* 1719 – Stroganov church built.[1]
* 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.[1][3]
* 1822 – Old Fair Church of the Transfiguration (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] built.
* 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
* 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
* 1867 – Population: 40,742.[4]
* 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins.[3]
* 1871 - Steamship Perevorot built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River.[3]
* 1881 – Population: 57,530.[5]
* 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.[6]
* 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
* 1897 – Population: 98,503.

## 20th century

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* 1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication.
* 1913 – Population: 112,300.[7]
* 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
* 1918
* N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod[8]
* Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established.
* 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
* 1926 – Population: 222,356.[1]
* 1929
* Shukhov Towers erected.
* Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.[8]
* Sormovo becomes part of city.[1]
* 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
* 1932
* City renamed "Gorky."[8]
* Gorky Automobile Plant established.[9]
* Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
* 1939 – Population: 644,116.[1]
* 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky.
* 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.[10]
* 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded.
* 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
* 1965
* Bor bridge [ru] built.
* Population: 1,085,000.[11]
* 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
* 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.[12]
* 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.[8]
* 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
* 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
* 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.[8]
* 1992 – GAZ privatized.[13]
* 1994
* Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.[8]
* Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.[14]
* 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

## 21st century

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Gorki", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 698, OL 6112221M
2. ^ Baedeker 1914.
3. ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
4. ^ George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Nizhni Novgorod". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company. hdl:2027/hvd.hn585n.
5. ^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
6. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
7. ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
8. ^ a b c d e f g Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
9. ^ Austin 2004.
10. ^ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
11. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. "Gorky"
12. ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
13. ^ "Turin meets Detroit—on the Volga", The Economist, 5 March 1998
14. ^ Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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* Abraham Rees (1819), "Niznei Novgorod", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382335 – via Hathi Trust
* John Geddie (1885). "Nishni-Novgorod". Russian Empire: its Rise and Progress. London: T. Nelson.
* "Nijni-Novgorod", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
* "Nijni-Novgorod", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752862`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1910). "Nizhniy-Novgorod" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). p. 721.
* "Nizhni-Novgorod", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
* William Henry Beable (1919), "Nijni-Novgorod", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
* Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nizhny Novgorod". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Northern Europe. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 541\. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
* Richard Cartwright Austin (2004). Building Utopia: Erecting Russia's First Modern City, 1930. Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-730-9. (About Nizhny Novgorod)
* Catherine Evtuhov (2006). "Nizhnii Novgorod in the 19th century". In Dominic Lieven (ed.). Imperial Russia, 1689–1917. Cambridge History of Russia. Cambridge University Press. p. 264+. ISBN 978-0-521-81529-1.

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