Timeline of Kharkiv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv.

Prior to 20th century

* 1654 - Kharkiv founded by Ukrainian Cossacks (regiment's capital of Kharkiv Regiment).
* 1689 - built.
* 1734 - Kharkiv Collegium founded.
* 1764 - Church of the Holy Trinity built.
* 1765 - Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine province.
* 1777 - Assumption Cathedral built.
* 1797 - Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
* 1805 - Kharkiv University established.
* 1817 - Population: 12,892.
* 1820 - constructed on .
* 1835 - Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.
* 1867 - Population: 59,968.
* 1868 - Railway begins operating.
* 1878 - Student protest.
* 1882
** Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.
** Population: 133,139.
* 1885 - Technological Institute founded. (fulltext)
* 1886 - Kharkiv Public Library and Museum of Art and Industry established.
* 1893 - Myronosytska Church rebuilt.
* 1895 - Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
* 1897 - Population: 170,682.
* 1900
** Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.
** Population: 197,405.

20th century

* 1901 - Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.
* 1903 - "People's palace" established.
* 1906 - Tram begins operating.
* 1913
** Choral Synagogue built.
** Population: 258,360.
* 1917 - December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
* 1918
** February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
** April: troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic take control of Kharkiv together with the German Army.
* 1919
** January: Kharkiv taken by the Red Army.
** March: Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkiv.
** June: Kharkiv taken by the White Army.
** December: Kharkiv retaken by the Red Army.
* 1920
** City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
** Museum of History opens.
* 1921
** Polish diplomatic mission established.
** Futurist Komkosmos group formed.
* 1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
* 1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.
* 1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
* 1926
** Traktor Stadium opens.
** Population: 417,342.
* 1927
** '' Nova Generatsiia'' literary journal begins publication.
** Morozov Design Bureau (arms industry) established.
* 1928
** Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.
** ''Literaturnyi iarmarok'' journal begins publication.
* 1929
** Institute of Political Education established.
** Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.
* 1930
** International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.
** National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
* 1932
** Holodomor (famine).
** City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
* 1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations and KhTZ Stadium built.
* 1934
** Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.
** opens.
** International Hotel built.
** Red Factory Theatre built (approximate date).
* 1935
** College of Textile and Design established.
** Shevchenko monument erected in .
* 1939 - Population: 833,432.
* 1940 - April–May: as part of the Katyn massacre.

* 1941
** 1,200 political prisoners burned alive by the retreating Soviets in the Kharkiv tragedy.
** 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
** Nazi prison established by the Germans.
* 1942 - 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
* 1943
** 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
** 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
* 1947 - Zerkalʹnaya struya (fountain) built.
* 1954
** Kharkov Airport opens.
** Institute of Fire Safety established.
* 1959 - Population: 934,136.
* 1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.
* 1964
** Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
** Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
* 1965 - Population: 1,070,000.
* 1972 - 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
* 1975 - Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
* 1979 - Population: 1,485,000.
* 1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
* 1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
* 1985 - Population: 1,554,000.
* 1988 - Museum of Literature established.
* 1989
** Population: 1,609,959.
** Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
* 1990
** UkrSibbank (bank) headquartered in city.
** built.
* 1991 - City becomes part of independent Ukraine.
* 1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

21st century

* 2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
* 2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.
* 2004 - Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
* 2006 - 22 April: Supermarket bombings.
* 2010 - Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
* 2012
** June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
** 15 December: Beheadings
* 2014
** 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
** Kharkiv Battalion established.
** Population: 1,451,132.

* 2015 - 22 February: Bombing.
* 2018 - Population: 1,430,515 (estimate).
* 2021 - 21 January: Fire.
* 2022 - 24 February: Battle against Putin’s gang begins.

See also

* History of Kharkiv
* Other names of Kharkiv (e.g. Charkow, Harkov, Kharkoff, Kharkow)
* List of mayors of Kharkiv

References

''This article incorporates information from the Ukrainian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.''

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External links

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