# Timeline of Makhachkala

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

## 19th century

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* 1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians.
* 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built.
* 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status.
* 1870 - Harbor constructed.
* 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built.
* 1897 - Population: 9,806.

## 20th century

* 1919
** No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
** Population: 18,000.
* 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.
* 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
* 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."
* 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.
* 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
* 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.
* 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
* 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.
* 1939 - Population: 86,836.
* 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).
* 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
* 1957 - Dagestan State University established.
* 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.
* 1965 - Population: 152,000.
* 1970
** 14 May: Earthquake.
** Population: 185,863.
* 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
* 1985 - Population: 301,000.
* 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
* 1991
** City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.
** Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
** 13 June: Muslim demonstration.
* 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
* 1996 - August: Bombing.
* 1998
** Said Amirov becomes mayor.
** Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.

## 21st century

* 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.
* 2002
** 18 January: Bombing.
** Population: 462,412.
* 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.
* 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
* 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
* 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
* 2010 - Population: 572,076.
* 2011
** 22 November: Bombings.
** 25 November: Protest.
* 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.
* 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.
* 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ
* 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus