# Timeline of Pskov

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pskov, 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
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1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Council of Liubech • Council of Uvetichi • Mongol conquest • Battle of Kulikovo
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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
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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...
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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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* 903 - Pleskov first mentioned.
* 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.
* 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.
* 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.
* 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
* 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.
* 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.
* 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
* 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
* 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
* 1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov [ru] built (approximate date).
* 1579 - Execution of Ivo Schenkenberg [et], commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.
* 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.
* 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.
* 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
* 1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650 [ru].
* 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.
* 1843 - Catholic church built.
* 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
* 1897 - Population: 29,555.
* 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.

## 20th century

* 1903 - Archaeological museum active.
* 1911 - Olginsky Bridge [ru] opens.
* 1913 - Population: 38,300.
* 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.
* 1919
** 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.
** 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.
** Soviet Russia in power.
* 1920 - Pskov State Theatre [ru] active.
* 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
* 1939 - Population: 59,898.
* 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.
* 1941
** 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
** City renamed "Pleskau."
** Pskov Orthodox Mission [ru] begins.
** Famine.
** Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.
* 1942
** February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.
** Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.
* 1943
** May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.
** May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.
** May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.
* 1944
** February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.
** 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.
** Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
* 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.
* 1959 - Population: 80,448.
* 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
* 1965 - Population: 108,000.
* 1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October [ru] opens.
* 1985 - Population: 194,000.
* 1989 - Population: 203,789.
* 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov [ru] opens.
* 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
* 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.
* 2000
** Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.
** Catholic cathedral construction begins.
** City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky [ru] becomes mayor.
* 2010 - Population: 203,279.
* 2010 - Established Pskov State University.