# Timeline of Moscow

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Moscow, Russia.

## Prior to 16th century

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History of Russia :
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
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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* 1147 – Yuri Dolgoruki had a meeting with Sviatoslav Olgovich in a place called Moscow. First mentioning about Moscow in manuscript.
* 1237 – The 'grad of Moscow' destroyed by the Mongols.
* 1272 – Daniil Aleksandrovich becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1283 – Grand Duchy of Moscow territory established.
* 1300 – The Kremlin, or fort, was enclosed by a strong wall of earth and timber.
* 1303 – Yuriy Danilovich becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1325 – Seat of "metropolitan of Central Russia" relocated to Moscow.
* 1327 – Uspensky Church consecrated.
* 1328 – Ivan I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1333 – St. Michael cathedral built.
* 1339 – The 'grad of Moscow' rebuilt in oak.
* 1341 – Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1353 – Ivan II becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1358 – Chudov Monastery founded.
* 1362 – Dmitry Donskoy becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1367 – Moscow Kremlin (citadel) founded.
* 1369 – Moscow besieged.
* 1382 – Siege of Moscow (1382).
* 1386 – Nativity Convent (Rozhdestvensky convent) founded.
* 1389
** Vasily I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
** Ascension Convent founded in the Kremlin (approximate date).
* 1397
** Sretensky Monastery founded.
** Blagovyeshchensk Cathedral built.
* 1425 – Vasily II becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1462 – Ivan III becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1479 – Dormition Cathedral built in the Kremlin.
* 1491 – Spasskaya Gate built.
* 1492 – Palace of Facets (Granovitaya Palata) – state banqueting hall.
* 1495 – "Dungeons built under the Kremlin's Trinity Tower."

## 16th–17th centuries

* 1502 – 14 April: Coronation of Ivan III as Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1505 – Vasili III becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1508 – Cathedral of the Archangel and Ivan the Great Bell Tower built.
* 1520 – Moscow said to contain "45,000 houses and 100,000 inhabitants".
* 1524/5 – Novodevichy Convent constructed.
* 1533 – Ivan the Terrible becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
* 1547
** City becomes capital of the grand duchy of Russia.
** Fire.
* 1555 – Muscovy Trading Company of England active.
* 1560 – Saint Basil's Cathedral built.
* 1564 – Ivan Fyodorov (printer) active; Moscow Print Yard established.
* 1571 – City taken by Tartar forces from Crimea.
* 1576 – Paper mill established.
* 1591 – Donskoy Monastery founded.
* 1593 – Bely Gorod wall built.
* 1598 – Time of Troubles (ended 1613).
* 1600 – Zaikonospassky monastery founded.
* 1601 – Famine.
* 1611 – City taken by forces of Sigismund III of Poland.
* 1612 – Moscow Uprising of 1612.
* 1636 – Kazan Cathedral consecrated.
* 1652
** Nativity Church at Putinki built.
** German Quarter developed near city.
* 1656 – Church of the Twelve Apostles dedicated in the Kremlin.
* 1661 – Saviour Cathedral built.
* 1662 – Copper Riot.
* 1672 – Chorina Comedy Theatre is founded.
* 1682 – Moscow Uprising of 1682.
* 1687 – Greek Latin School established.
* 1689 – Moscow Theological Academy Library established.
* 1692 – Vysokopetrovsky Monastery katholikon (church) built.
* 1698 – Streltsy Uprising.

## 18th century

* 1701 – Sukharev Tower built.
* 1702 – Public theatre active.
* 1703
** Vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
** Peter the Great "encounters opposition" in Moscow which compels him to leave.
* 1708 – Moscow Governorate established.
* 1712 – Russian capital relocated from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.
* 1721 – Moscow Synodal Choir founded.
* 1728 – Russian capital moved back to Moscow under influence of the Supreme Privy Council.
* 1732 – Russian capital relocated back to Saint Petersburg.
* 1735 – Tsar Bell cast.
* 1739 – Fire.
* 1742 – Rampart built.
* 1748 – Fire.
* 1750 – Population: (approx) 150,000.
* 1752 – Fire.
* 1755 – Imperial University founded.
* 1764 – Foundling Hospital built.
* 1764 – Moscow Orphanage founded.
* 1765 – Novodevichii Institute founded.
* 1765 – Maiden Field Theatre founded.
* 1766 – Russian Theatre founded.
* 1769 – Znamensky Theatre founded.
* 1771
** Chudov Monastery re-built.
** Plague.
** September: Plague Riot.
** Vvedenskoye Cemetery in use (approximate date).
* 1772 – Commercial School founded.
* 1773 – Catherine Palace reconstruction begins.
* 1775 – Platon Levshin becomes Metropolitan of Moscow.
* 1777 – Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery inaugurated near city.
* 1780 – Petrovsky Palace founded.
* 1782 – Police Board established.
* 1786 – Pashkov House built.
* 1787 – Senate House built.
* 1790 – Peterburskoye Schosse road paved.
* 1792 – Tverskaya Square laid out.

## 19th century

* 1805 – Moscow Society of Naturalists founded.
* 1806 – Maly Theatre founded.
* 1809 – Shchepkin Theatre School established.
* 1812
** French invasion.
** September: Fire of Moscow (1812).
** Population: 250,000
* 1816 – Kremlin rebuilt.
* 1817 – Excise office built.
* 1821 – Philaret Drozdov becomes Metropolitan of Moscow.
* 1823 – Alexander Garden laid out.
* 1825 – Bolshoi Theatre opens.
* 1830 – Moscow Craft School established.
* 1849 – Grand Kremlin Palace built.
* 1851
** Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway begins operating.
** Saint Petersburg railway station and Kremlin Armoury building constructed.
* 1856
** The Russian Messenger (literary magazine) begins publication.
** Tretyakov Gallery initiated.
* 1861
** Petushki–Moscow railway built.
** Public museum established.
* 1862
** Nizhny Novgorod-Moscow railway built.
** Rumiantsev Library established.
** Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station built.
* 1864 – Kazansky railway station opens.
* 1865
** Golitzyn museum established.
** Industrial exhibit held.
** Tolstoy's War and Peace begins publication in The Russian Messenger.
* 1866 – Moscow Conservatory and Moscow Merchant Bank founded.
* 1867 – Einem brothers chocolate factory founded.
* 1868 – Borodinsky Bridge built.
* 1870 – Belorussky railway station opens.
* 1871
** Trade Bank founded.
** Population: 611,970.
* 1872
** State Historical Museum founded.
** Moscow University for Women founded.
* 1877 – Premiere of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet.
* 1878 – Sokolniki Park established.
* 1880 – Pushkin statue installed in Strastnaya Square.
* 1882 – Population: 753,469.
* 1883
** Cathedral of Christ the Saviour consecrated.
** Redesign of coat of arms of Moscow adopted.
* 1885 – Private Opera established.
* 1887 – Morozovtsi Orekhovo-Zuevo Moskva (football club) formed.
* 1891 – May: French exhibit opens.
* 1892 – City Hall built.
* 1893 – Bazaar built in Kitay-Gorod.
* 1894 – Moscow Hermitage Garden opens.
* 1896
** 26 May: Coronation of Nicholas II.
** 30 May: Khodynka Tragedy.
** December: Student demonstration.
** Museum of History of Moscow founded.
** Kursky railway station built.
* 1897
** Russian Electrical Theatre (cinema) opens.
** Population: 988,610.
* 1898
** Moscow Art Theatre founded.
** All-Russia Insurance Company building constructed.
** Novodevichy Cemetery inaugurated.
* 1899
** 6 April: First electric Moscow tram begins operating.
** 7 November: Premiere of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
** Moscow City Chess Championship active.
** "Student agitation" begins.
* 1900
** Paveletsky railway station built.
** Population: 1,023,817.

## 20th century
### 1900s–1940s

* 1901 – Rizhsky railway station built.
* 1902 – Savyolovsky railway station built.
* 1903
** Zimin Opera founded.
** Hotel National in business.
* 1904
** 29 June: 1904 Moscow tornado.
** Yaroslavsky railway station rebuilt.
* 1905 – Moscow Uprising of 1905.
* 1907
** Moscow Little Ring Railway begins operating.
** Hotel Metropol built.
** Population: 1,359,254.
* 1908 – Moscow Public University established.
* 1912
** Durov Animal Theater founded.
** Museum of Fine Arts opens.
** Borodinsky Bridge rebuilt.
* 1913
** Spaso House (residence) built.
** Population: 1,817,100.
* 1914 – Shchukin Theatre Institute founded.
* 1916 – Automobile Moscow Society factory established.
* 1917 – 25 October-2 November: Moscow Bolshevik Uprising.
* 1918
** March: City becomes capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
** July: Left SR uprising.
** Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies established.
** Kiyevsky railway station built.
** Izvestia newspaper in publication.
* 1919
** March: Founding Congress of the Comintern held.
** Moscow State Jewish Theater established.
* 1920 – Treaty of Moscow (1920)
* 1921
** Moscow Children's Theatre opens.
** Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies established.
* 1921 – Treaty of Moscow (1921)
* 1922 – Moscow Sport Circle (football club) formed.
* 1923 – Moscow Municipal Council of Professional Unions theatre founded.
* 1924
** Lenin Mausoleum established.
** All-Union Radio begins broadcasting.
* 1925
** Lenin Library active.
** Yermolova Theatre founded.
* 1928 – Rusakov Workers' Club and Zuev Workers' Club buildings constructed.
* 1929
** Moscow Oblast and Moscow Circus School established.
** Kauchuk Factory Club built.
* 1930 – Moscow State Institute for History and Archives and Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys established.
* 1934 – Museum of Architecture founded.
* 1935
** 15 May: Moscow Metro begins operating.
** Hotel Moskva in business.
* 1936
** Moscow Trials begin in the House of the Unions.
** 2 May: Premiere of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
* 1937
** Smolensky Metro Bridge built.
** Volga-Moscow canal opens.
* 1938 – Gorbunov Palace of Culture (concert hall), Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge, and Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge built.
* 1939 – Population: 4,137,018.
* 1941 – October: Battle of Moscow begins.
* 1942 – January: Battle of Moscow ends.
* 1943 – Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences established.
* 1945 – 24 June: Moscow Victory Parade of 1945.
* 1948 – Museum of Lenin's funeral train founded.

### 1950s–1990s

* 1953 – 5 March: Joseph Stalin dies.
* 1954 – Hotel Leningradskaya built.
* 1957
** Moscow Central Clinical Hospital opened.
** City hosts Ice hockey world championship
** City hosts 6th World Festival of Youth and Students.
* 1959
** Moscow International Film Festival officially starts with its debut edition.
** Population: 5,032,000.
** 24 July: Nixon–Khrushchev Kitchen Debate occurs at the American National Exhibition.
* 1960
** Peoples' Friendship University founded.
** Moscow Ring Road is the new city border. Tushino, Babushkin, Perovo, Kuntsevo, Lyublino became parts of Moscow.
** Over five million Muscovites are vaccinated in order to end the 1959–1960 Moscow smallpox outbreak [ru].
* 1961
** Rossiya Cinema built.
** October: American Committee for Non-Violent Action peace walkers arrive in Moscow.
* 1962
** Moscow City Archives [ru] established.
** Moscow Domodedovo Airport opens.
* 1963 – Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed in Moscow.
* 1964 – Taganka Theatre founded.
* 1965 – Population: 6,366,000.
* 1966 – Gorizont Cinema opens.
* 1968 – 25 August: 1968 Red Square demonstration.
* 1970 – Population: 6,941,961.
* 1971 – Great Moscow State Circus auditorium opens.
* 1979
** Spartak Tennis Club built.
** Moscow Virtuosi orchestra formed.
* 1980 – 1980 Summer Olympics held.
* 1981 – Moscow International Peace Marathon begins.
* 1982 – Satyricon Theatre opens its doors.
* 1985 – Population: 8,642,000.
* 1988 – Moscow People's Front organized.
* 1989
** August: Moscow Music Peace Festival.
** Population: 8,967,332.
* 1990
** Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov becomes mayor.
** Moscow Federation of Trade Unions and Sobinbank founded.
** Kremlin Cup tennis tournament begins.
* 1991
** August: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
** Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Russian State University for the Humanities established.
** Prix Benois de la Danse (ballet contest) begins.
* 1992
** Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and Russian Institute of Strategic Studies established.
** Yury Luzhkov becomes mayor.
** Moscow Times English-language newspaper begins publication.
** Figure Skating Federation of Russia headquartered in city.
* 1993
** Moscow designated capital of the Russian Federation per Constitution.
** TV-6 begins broadcasting.
** Moscow City Duma and American Center in Moscow founded.
** Kazan Cathedral reconstructed.
* 1995
** Arch Moscow exhibit begins.
** Hungry Duck bar in business.
** Monument erected in Victory Park.
* 1996 – 11 November: Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing.
* 1997
** Memorial Mosque built on Poklonnaya Hill.
** Moscow Marathon Luzhniki begins.
* 1999 – September: Apartment bombing.
* 2000 – City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2002 – 23–26 October: Moscow theater hostage crisis.
* 2003
** Moscow International Performing Arts Centre opens.
** 9 December: 2003 Red Square bombing.
** Federation Tower construction begins.
* 2004
** Moscow Monorail begins operating.
** Grand Prix of Moscow cycling race begins.
** February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing.
** August 2004 Moscow Metro bombing.
* 2005
** Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art begins.
** 2 July: Live 8 concert, Moscow held in Red Square.
* 2006
** 21 August: 2006 Moscow market bombing.
** Protest against ban of Moscow Pride.
** IgroMir (gaming exhibit) begins.
** Triumph Palace erected in the Sokol neighborhood.
* 2007
** Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines established.
** Naberezhnaya Tower built.
* 2009
** City of Capitals built.
** Eurovision Song Contest held.
** Kirill becomes Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.
* 2010
** 29 March: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.
** Vladimir Resin becomes mayor, succeeded by Sergey Sobyanin.
* 2011
** 24 January: Domodedovo International Airport bombing.
** Moscow Exchange established.
* 2012 – March: Arrest of Pussy Riot (musical group) performers.
* 2013
** 8 September: Moscow mayoral election, 2013.
* 2014 – Peace Procession against war in Ukraine
** Population: 11,794,282.
* 2015
** 27 February: Politician Nemtsov assassinated.
** Gulag museum opens.
* 2016 – 10 September: Moscow Central Ring of the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway begins operating.
* 2018
** 5 May – Cossack consplayers attacking to people, mainly to scholars.
** FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. Luzhniki and Spartak stadiums host matches.
* 2020
** August – Destroying of the Moscow trolley system.