Timeline of Poltava
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Template:SHORTDESC: Poltava is a city on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine, in existence since the Middle Ages.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1174 CE - Site "mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle" as "Ltava."[1][2]
- 1240 - "Destroyed by the Golden Horde."[1]
- 1430 - "Tatar prince Leksada" in power.[2]
- 1569 - Poltava becomes part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
- 1650 - Monastery built.[2]
- 1667 - Poltava becomes part of Russia.[3]
- 1709 - Russian forces defeat Swedish forces near city during the Battle of Poltava.[2]
- 1751 - Construction of Dormition Cathedral begins.
- 1773 - Church of the Resurrection built.[4]
- 1802 - Poltava becomes "a provincial centre."[5]
- 1809 - Column of Victory installed in Alexandrovskaya Square.[4]
- 1818 - Institute for Girls founded.[6]
- 1870
- Poltava-South railway station begins operating.
- Mitnaggedim synagogue built (approximate date).[7]
- 1900 - Population: 53,060.[2]
20th century
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- 1901 - Poltava Kyivska railway station begins operating.
- 1902
- April: "Rioting in Poltava."[8]
- May: "Martial law proclaimed in Poltava."[8]
- December: Poltava Herald newspaper begins publication.
- 1903 - Poltava Provincial Scientific Archival Commission established.[9]
- 1908 - Zemstvo Building constructed.[4]
- 1913 - Population: 82,100.[10]
- 1924 - Military airfield begins operating.
- 1930 - Poltava Institute of Agricultural Construction founded.[6]
- 1937 - Lokomotyv Stadium built.
- 1939 - Population: 130,305.[3]
- 1941
- 1942
- March: Dulag 205 transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.[12]
- May: Dulag 151 transit camp for POWs established by the Germans.[12]
- June: Dulag 160 transit camp for POWs relocated from Khorol to Poltava.[12]
- June: Dulag 205 camp relocated from Poltava to Krasnohrad.[12]
- December: Stalag 357 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.[13]
- 1943 - German occupation ends.
- 1951 - Urozhai Stadium built.
- 1955 - FC Vorskla Poltava football club formed.
- 1959 - Population: 143,097.[14]
- 1962 - Poltava trolleybus begins operating.
- 1968 - Military school established.
- 1974 - New Poltava Airport terminal built.
- 1975 - Population: 263,000.[15]
- 1985 - Population: 302,000.[16]
- 1992 - Evening Poltava (Вечірня Полтава) newspaper begins publication.
- 2000 - City flag design adopted.
21st century
[edit | edit source]- 2001 - Population: 317,998.
- 2002 - Kolo (Коло) newspaper begins publication.
- 2006 - Andriy Matkovsky (Матковський Андрій Всеволодович) becomes mayor.[17]
- 2007 - FC Poltava football club formed.
- 2011 - SC Poltava football club formed.
- 2013 - November: Poltava Euromaidan protest begins.
- 2018 - Population: 282,523 (estimate).[18]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Poltava history
- History of Poltava (in Ukrainian)
- List of mayors of Poltava
References
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- ^ a b c Baedeker 1914.
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Bibliography
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