# Timeline of Omsk

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

## Prior to 20th century

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PeriodsPrehistory  • Antiquity  • Early Slavs
Rus' people pre-9th century     Rus' Khaganate     Arthania     Garðaríki
879–1240: Ancient Rus'
Rurik • Baptism of Rus' • Russkaya Pravda
Novgorod Land 882–1136 Principality of Polotsk 987–1397 Principality of Chernigov 988–1402 Rostov-Suzdal 1093–1157     full list...
1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Council of Liubech • Council of Uvetichi • Mongol conquest • Battle of Kulikovo
Novgorod Republic 1136–1478 Vladimir-Suzdal 1157–1331 Principality of Moscow 1263–1547     full list...
1480–1917: Tsarist Russia
Great Stand on the Ugra River • Time of Troubles • Zemsky Sobor • Treaty of Nystad • Petrovian reforms • 1812 Patriotic War • Decembrist Revolt • Emancipation reform • Russo-Japanese War • 1905 Revolution • October Manifesto • Second Patriotic War
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1917–1923: Russian Revolution
February Revolution • Provisional Government • Dvoyevlastiye • July Days • Kornilov affair • Directorate • Constituent Assembly (election) • Bolshevik Coup • Civil War • White Guard • Red Army • Soviet-Polish War • Priamurye Govt. • War Communism • USSR • Emigrants
Russian Republic 1917–1918      General Secretariat of Ukraine 1917–1918 Russian SFSR 1917–1922      Ukrainian SSR 1919–1922      Byelorussian SSR 1920–1922      Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1922 Russian State 1918–1920      Provisional Priamurye Govt. 1921–1923     full list...
1923–1991: Soviet Era
NEP • Cultural revolution • Korenization • Stalinism • Collectivization • Industrialization • GULAG • Great Purge • Great Patriotic War • Cold War • Warsaw Pact • Comecon • Crimea transfer • Era of Stagnation • Afghan War • Perestroika • Chernobyl disaster • Karabakh War • Parade of sovereignties (War of Laws)
Soviet Union 1922–1991      Russian SFSR 1922–1991      Karelo-Finnish SSR1940–1956         full list... Tannu Tuva1921–1944
since 1991: Modern Russia
August Coup • Belavezha Accords • Alma-Ata Protocol • USSR dissolution • CIS • "Near abroad" • Constitutional crisis • Privatization • CSTO • Chechen wars (1st • 2nd) • Oligarchy • Putinism • Five-Days War • Presidential terms amendments • Eurasian Economic Union • Annexation of Crimea • War in Donbas • 2020 amendments • Invasion of Ukraine (Prelude • Mass emigration • Debt default • Sanctions • Mobilization • 2022 annexation)
Russian Federation 1991–present      Republic of Tatarstan 1994–present      Chechen Republic 2000–present      Republic of Crimea 2014–present      Donetsk People's Republic 2022–present      Luhansk People's Republic 2022–present      Kherson Oblast 2022–present      Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2022–present         full list...
^A Not internationally recognized. ^B Not fully controlled. :
Timeline860–1721 • 1721–1796 • 1796–1855 1855–1894 • 1894–1917 • 1917–1927 1927–1953 • 1953–1964 • 1964–1982 1982–1991 • 1991–present :
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* 1716 - Omsk fortress established.
* 1782 - Omsk becomes a city by this time.
* 1792 - The Lutheran Church of the Holy Catherine built.
* 1804 - Town chartered.
* 1808 - Siberian Cossack Army headquartered in Omsk.
* 1813 - Cossack school founded.
* 1823 - Fire.
* 1825 - A group of Decembrists are exiled to Omsk. Notable among the exiles was Fyodor Dostoevsky.
* 1827 - Agricultural research institute established.
* 1839 - Capital of western Siberia relocated to Omsk from Tobolsk.
* 1843 - St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral built.
* 1876 - Omsk Drama Theatre [ru] established.
* 1877 - Russian Geographical Society's west Siberian branch established.
* 1878 - Omsk History Museum [ru] founded.
* 1881 - Population: 31,000.
* 1887 - Population: 33,847.
* 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
* 1897 - Population: 37,470.
* 1898 - Assumption Cathedral consecrated.
* 1900 - Population: 53,050.

## 20th century

* 1913 - Population: 135,800.
* 1918 - November: Provisional All-Russian Government headquartered in Omsk.
* 1919
** 14 November: Red Army takes city.
** Union of Chinese Workers formed.
* 1927 - Agricultural Institute's Botanical Garden established.
* 1929 - Omsk Tsentralny Airport begins operating.
* 1933 - Kirov District, Omsk [ru] established.
* 1934 - City becomes part of the Omsk Oblast.
* 1935 - Assumption Cathedral demolished; Pioneer's Square laid out.
* 1937 - Omsk Children's Theatre [ru] founded.
* 1939 - Population: 280,716.
* 1946 - Football Club Irtysh Omsk formed.
* 1950 - Spartak Omsk ice hockey team formed.
* 1955 - Oil refinery begins operating in vicinity.
* 1965 - Population: 721,000.
* 1966 - Red Star Stadium (Omsk) opens.
* 1973 - Omsk State Circus [ru] founded.
* 1974 - Omsk State University established.
* 1983 - Literature museum founded.
* 1985 - Population: 1,108,000.
* 1986 - Blinov Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
* 1989 - Population: 1,148,418.
* 1990 - Siberian International Marathon begins.
* 1991
** Omsk City Art Museum [ru] founded.
** Leonid Polezhayev becomes governor of Omsk Oblast.
** Yuri Shoikhet [ru] becomes mayor.
* 1992 - Omsk Metro construction begins.
* 1993 - Omsk State Pedagogical University active.
* 1994 - Valerii Roshchupkin [ru] becomes mayor.
* 2000 - City becomes part of the Siberian Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Evgeniy Belov (Russian politician) [ru] becomes mayor.
* 2005 - Viktor Shreider [ru] becomes mayor.
* 2007
** Arena Omsk opens.
** Assumption Cathedral reconstructed.
* 2010 - Population: 1,153,971.
* 2012 - Vyacheslav Dvorakovsky [ru] becomes mayor.