# Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, 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...
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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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* 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.
* 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.
* 1811 - Coat of arms [ru] design adopted.
* 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.
* 1842 - Synagogue built.
* 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.
* 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.
* 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.
* 1881 - Population: 70,700.
* 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
* 1897 - Population: 119,889.
* 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.

## 20th century

* 1905 - Population: 126,375.
* 1908 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Rostov-on-Don [ru] built.
* 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
* 1913 - Population: 204,725.
* 1915 - Rostov State University founded.
* 1917 - Cossacks take city.
* 1920
** January: Red Army takes city.
** Temernitskiy District [ru] established.
* 1926 - Population: 308,103.
* 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.
* 1928
** Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.
** Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.
* 1929
** Proletarskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.
** Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
* 1930
** Selmashstroy football club formed.
** Olimp-2 stadium built.
* 1936 - Pervomaiske Raion [ru] established.
* 1937
** RODKA football club formed.
** Oktyabrskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru], Zheleznodorozhny City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru], and Rostov Oblast established.
* 1939
** Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
** Population: 520,253.
* 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
* 1942 - City taken by German forces.
** Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
* 1965
** Voroshilovsky bridge built.
** Population: 720,000.
* 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
* 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
* 1973 - Sovetskiy City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] created.
* 1985
** Voroshilovsky City District, Rostov-on-Don [ru] established.
** Population: 986,000.
* 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
* 1996
** Mikhail Chernyshev [ru] becomes mayor.
** Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.
* 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
* 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
* 2010
** Stele City of Military Glory erected.
** Population: 1,089,261.
* 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
* 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
* 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.