Timeline of Krasnodar

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 1794 - Ekaterinodar founded "on the site of an old town called Tmutarakan."[1]
• 1801 - Police force established.
• 1860
  • Ekaterinodar becomes seat of the Kuban Oblast.
  • Population: 9,620.[1]
• 1868 - Konstantin Ivanovich Frolov becomes mayor.[2]
• 1879 - Felitsyn Museum founded.[3]
• 1886 - Population: 39,610.[4]
• 1888 - Triumphal Arch, Krasnodar of Alexander III erected.
• 1897
  • Commemorative obelisk erected.
  • Population: 65,697.[1]
• 1900 - Pushkin Krasnodar Regional Universal Scientific Library founded.

20th century

• 1904 - Krasnodar Regional Art Museum founded.
• 1912 - Statue of Catherine II erected.
• 1913 - Population: 107,360.[5]
• 1920
  • City renamed "Krasnodar."[6]
  • Krasnodar Children's Theatre active.[7]
• 1924 - Kuban State University established.[8]
• 1928
  • Football Club Kuban Krasnodar formed.
  • Hyperboloid Tower built.
• 1930 - Nevsky Cathedral demolished.
• 1933 - Krasnodar Opera Theatre founded.
• 1939 - Population: 203,946.[9]
• 1942 - City occupation by German forces begins.[9]
• 1943 - City occupation by German forces ends.[9]
• 1956
  • House of the Soviets built.[10]
  • Statue of Lenin erected.
• 1959 - Dendrarium Kubansk Agricultural Institute established.[11]
• 1960 - Kuban Stadium opens.
• 1961 - 1961 Krasnodar riots.
• 1965 - Population: 385,000.[12]
• 1971 - 14 June: Bombing at a bus.
• 1973 - Krasnodar reservoir constructed.
• 1985 - Population: 609,000.[13]
• 1987 - Valery Alexandrovich Samoilenko becomes mayor.[2]
• 1990 - Mikhail Sergeyevich Karakaj becomes mayor.[2]
• 1991 - Krasnodar Municipal Youth Theatre founded.
• 1992 - Krasnodar Ballet Theatre founded.
• 1994 - Nikolai Fedorovich Kryazhevskikh becomes mayor.[2]
• 1997 - Nikolai Kondratenko becomes governor of Krasnodar Krai.[14]
• 2000
  • Nikolai Vasilievich Priz becomes mayor.[2]
  • City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

• 2001 - Southern Telecom headquartered in Krasnodar.
• 2003
  • 25 August: Bombing.
  • Red Square (shop) in business.
• 2005 - Vladimir Yevlanov becomes mayor.[2]
• 2008 - Football Club Krasnodar formed.
• 2010 - Population: 744,933.[6]
• 2011
  • Fountain installed in Theater Square.
  • Basket-Hall (arena) opens.
• 2013 - Krasnodar Stadium construction begins.

See also

• Timelines of other cities in the Southern Federal District of Russia: Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Krasnodar Leaders Portraits Gallery". Krasnodar City. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
3. "Russianmuseums.info". Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. "Russia". Statesman's Yearbook for ... 1892. London: Macmillan. 1892.
5. "Russia: Principal Towns: Caucasia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
6. "Krasnodar Krai". Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
7. Martin Banham, ed. (1995). Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
8. "Russian Federation: Directory". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
9. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Krasnodar", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 980, OL 6112221M
10. "History of Krasnodar City". Krasnodar City. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
11. "Garden Search: Russian Federation". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
12. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
13. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
14. Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). "Krasnodar Krai". The 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

• "Ekaterinodar", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
• "Ekaterinodar", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Yekaterinodar", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
• William Henry Beable (1919), "Ekaterinodar", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook

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