Timeline of Minsk
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Minsk, Belarus.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1067 - Battle on the Nemiga River occurs near Minsk.[1]
- 1104 - Town besieged by Kiev forces.
- 1115 - Town besieged by Kiev forces again.
- 1129 - Town becomes part of Kievan Rus.
- 1242 - Town becomes part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
- 1413 - Minsk becomes part of the Vilno Voivodship.[2]
- 1441 - City charter granted.
- 1499 - Magdeburg rights granted.[3][2]
- 1505 - City besieged by Crimean Khanate army.[4]
- 1508 - City besieged by Muscovy forces.[4]
- 1552 - Town privileges extended.
- 1569 - City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2]
- 1591 - be granted.
- 1616 - be-tarask founded.
- 1642 - Bernardine monastery built.
- 1654 - Russians in power.
- 1667 - City becomes part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth again.
- 1673 - Church built at Kalvaryja.
- 1685 - Yeshiva founded.[5]
- 1708 - Swedes in power.
- 1709 - Russians in power.
- 1710 - Jesuit church built.
- 1793 - City becomes part of Russian Empire.[4][2]
- 1796 - City becomes centre of Minsk Governorate.
- 1798 - Catholic diocese of Minsk formed.[6]
- 1799 - Orthodox diocese of Minsk and Volyn headquartered in Minsk.[citation needed]
19th century
- 1805 - Governor's Garden established.
- 1808 - Kalvaryja cemetery in use (approximate date).
- 1812 - November: Russian forces oust the French.[7]
- 1821 - Population: 2,000 (approximate).[8]
- 1825 - Pischalauski Castle built.
- 1827 - Population: 3,000 (approximate).[9]
- 1831 - Polish uprising.[3]
- 1836 - ru established.
- 1837 - Fire brigade in operation.
- 1838 - Minskiye gubernskiye vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
- 1840 - Military Cemetery established.
- 1844 - Theatre opens.
- 1845
- 1846 - Moscow-Warsaw road laid out.
- 1857 - Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul rebuilt.[12]
- 1860 - Population: 27,000.
- 1864 - Church of Holy Trinity consecrated.
- 1871 – Moscow-Warsaw railway begins operating.
- 1872 - Municipal water supply introduced.
- 1873 - Vilnius railway station built.
- 1882 - Population: 53,328.[13]
- 1886 - ru newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1890 - Kupala Theatre opens.[14]
- 1892 – Horse tram begins operating.
- 1897 - Population: 91,494.[4]
- 1898 - Russian Social Democratic Labour Party founded in Minsk.[15][1]
20th century
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Map of Minsk, 1941
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- 1902 - "All-Russian Congress of Zionists" held in Minsk.[1]
- 1910 - Church of Saints Simon and Helena consecrated.
- 1911 - Tolstoy library founded.[10]
- 1913 - Population: 117,600.[16]
- 1914 - Minsk teachers institute founded.
- 1917
- 1918
- February: German forces oust Bolsheviks.[17]
- 25 March: "ru declares independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic."[1]
- 1919
- 8 January: City becomes capital of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.[2]
- August: Poles engage in Operation Minsk against Soviets.
- 1920
- July: Soviet forces take city.[17]
- Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute established.
- Theatre opens.
- 1921
- Aleksandrovsky, Lyakhovsky, and Central administrative districts created.
- Belarusian State University established.
- City hosts first All-Belarusian Conference of Librarians.[10]
- 1923 - be founded.[18]
- 1926 - January: City hosts first Congress of Belarusian Archeologists and Archeographers.[10]
- 1927 - Sovetskaya Belorussiya newspaper begins publication.
- 1929 – Electric tram begins operating.
- 1930 - Minsk State Medical Institute founded.
- 1931 - Belarussian Young Spectators' Theatre established.[14]
- 1932 - Belarusian State Conservatory, be,[19] and Kamaroúski Park established.
- 1933
- Minsk-1 Airport begins operating.
- Opera and Ballet Theatre[14] and Belarusian Institute for National Economy established.
- 1934 - Dynama Stadium built.
- 1937 - Kurapaty death camp begins operating near city.[1]
- 1938 - Kaganovich, Stalin, and Voroshilov administrative districts created.
- 1939
- Soviet Belarus film studio relocates to Minsk.
- National Opera and Ballet of Belarus building opens.
- Belarusian State Art Gallery established.
- Population: 238,948.[20]
- 1941
- June: Bombing of Minsk.[21]
- June 28: German occupation begins.[17]
- July 17: Reichskommissariat Ostland established.
- July 20: Minsk Ghetto established.
- 1942 - May: Maly Trostenets extermination camp in operation.
- 1943 - State Archive for Film established.[22]
- 1944
- 4 July: Red Army takes city.[17]
- Minsk Automobile Plant established.
- Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum opens.
- Zvyazda newspaper in publication.
- 1945 - Belarus Theatrical Institute founded.
- 1946
- Minsk Tractor Works established.
- Belarusian Institute of Technology relocates to Minsk.
- 1948 - Minsk Institute for Foreign Languages founded.
- 1950
- Yanka Kupala Park and Pobieda Kino (cinema)[23] established.
- Tarpeda Stadium built.
- be active.[14]
- 1954
- Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant founded.
- Victory Square monument erected.
- 1955
- Children's Railroad opens.
- Vasily Ivanovich Sharapov becomes mayor.[24][25]
- 1957 - Belarusian State History Museum established.
- 1959
- Minsk Refrigerator Plant established.
- Population: 509,667.
- 1963 - MKAD (Minsk) ring road constructed.
- 1964 - Radioengineering Institute established.
- 1967 - Vecherniy Minsk newspaper begins publication.[26]
- 1968 - Stadium of the VSS Red Banner opens.
- 1970
- Belarussian State Musical Comedy Theatre active.[14]
- Population: 917,428.
- 1971 - Belarus Optical & Mechanical Enterprise founded.
- 1979
- Belarusian History Museum opens.
- Population: 1,333,000.[27]
- 1981 - Biennial puppet festival begins.[14]
- 1982 - Minsk National Airport begins operating.
- 1984
- Minsk Metro begins operating.
- Minsk Zoo opens.
- 1988 - 30 October: Demonstration; crackdown.[1]
- 1989
- 1990 - Public Library of the City of Minsk established.[10]
- 1991
- April: Labor strike.[1]
- City becomes capital of Republic of Belarus.[2]
- City "becomes the headquarters of the successor to the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States."[21][29]
- Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum and Academy of Public Administration founded.
- 1992 - International Sakharov Environmental University and Republican Institute for Vocational Education established.
- 1993
- July: Belarusians of the World congress held in city.[1]
- Listapad film festival begins.
- 1995 - Vladimir Yermoshin becomes mayor.[24]
- 1996
- November: "Chernobyl march."[30]
- National Academic Bolshoi Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus and National Academic Opera Theatre of Belarus formed.
- 1999
- 30 May: Nyamiha metro disaster.[17]
- be built.
21st century
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- 2000
- 15 March: Political demonstration held.[31]
- Mikhail Pavlov becomes mayor.[24]
- Darida Stadium opens.
- 2001 - March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.[21]
- 2002
- Minsk Passazhirsky railway station and Football Manege arena built.
- MKAD (Minsk) ring road rebuilt.
- 2004
- Kurapaty monument installed.
- IIHF World U18 Championships held.
- 2005 - 14 May: Water féerie demonstration.[citation needed]
- 2006
- March: Jeans Revolution.[21]
- November: Summit of Commonwealth of Independent States.
- National Library of Belarus building opens.
- 2007 - March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.[21]
- 2008 - 4 July: Bombing.
- 2009 - Ў Gallery founded.[32]
- 2010
- December: Post-election demonstration.[33][21]
- Minsk-Arena opens.
- be becomes mayor.[24]
- 2011
- 11 April: Metro bombing.[21]
- Protests against Lukashenko regime.[34]
- 2012
- 4 July: Teddy bear airdrop.[35]
- Population: 1,901,700.
- 2014
- May: 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship held in city.[36]
- ru becomes mayor.[24]
- Population: 1,921,807 city; 2,101,018 metro.
See also
- History of Minsk
- History of Minsk with timeline (in Belarusian Taraškievica)
- ru
References
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This article incorporates information from the Belarusian Wikipedia and the Russian Wikipedia.
Further reading
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