# Timeline of Volgograd

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, 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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* 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.
* 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the False Dmitry I.
* 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stenka Razin.
* 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev.
* 1862 – Volga-Don Railway [ru] begins operating.
* 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
* 1897
** Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.
** Population: 55,914.
* 1900
** Tsaritsyn city library [ru] established.
** Population: 67,650.

## 20th century

* 1911 – Synagogue built.
* 1913 – Population: 100,817.
* 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed.
* 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
* 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad."
* 1926 – Population: 151,490.
* 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
* 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.
* 1939 – Population: 445,476.
* 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.
* 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.
* 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
* 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
* 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.
* 1961
** 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."
** Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
* 1964
** Astrakhan Bridge [ru] opens.
** Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
* 1965 – Population: 700,000.
* 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
* 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.
* 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
* 1985
** Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad [ru] opens.
** Population: 974,000.
* 1987 – Volgograd Symphony Orchestra [ru] founded.
* 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
* 1991 – Yuri Chekhov [ru] becomes mayor.
* 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.
* 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.
* 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.
* 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
* 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
* 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
* 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
* 2013
** 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
** 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
** 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
* 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion