Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod
# Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

## Prior to 20th century

Part of a series on the :

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

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 Grand Duchy 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

Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721 Russian Empire 1721–1917      Russian America 1799–1867      Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917      Congress Poland 1867–1915      Russian Manchuria 1900–1905      Uryankhay Krai 1914–1921

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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* 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."
* 1227 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] built.
* 1330 – Pechersky Ascension Monastery founded (approximate date).
* 1370 – Convent of the Annunciation founded.
* 1393 – Nizhny Novgorod becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
* 1515 – Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built.
* 1631 – Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] rebuilt.
* 1719 – Stroganov church built.
* 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.
* 1822 – Old Fair Church of the Transfiguration (Nizhny Novgorod) [ru] built.
* 1849 – Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory established.
* 1862 – Nizhny Novgorod railway station opens.
* 1867 – Population: 40,742.
* 1868 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral construction begins.
* 1871 - Steamship Perevorot built and joined the Steamboats on the Volga River.
* 1881 – Population: 57,530.
* 1884 – 7 July: Ethnic unrest.
* 1896 – All-Russia Exhibition 1896 held; Shukhov Rotunda built.
* 1897 – Population: 98,503.

## 20th century

* 1909 – Kozma Minin newspaper begins publication.
* 1913 – Population: 112,300.
* 1917 – Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University founded.
* 1918
   * N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
   * Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory established.
* 1920 – Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy established.
* 1926 – Population: 222,356.
* 1929
   * Shukhov Towers erected.
   * Nizhny Novgorod Oblast created.
   * Sormovo becomes part of city.
* 1931 – Avtozavodsky City District established.
* 1932
   * City renamed "Gorky."
   * Gorky Automobile Plant established.
   * Lokomotiv Stadium opens.
* 1939 – Population: 644,116.
* 1941-1943 – Bombing of Gorky.
* 1946 – Russian Federal Nuclear Center established.
* 1947 - Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering founded.
* 1963 – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (football club) formed.
* 1965
   * Bor bridge [ru] built.
   * Population: 1,085,000.
* 1970 – Sovetsky City District established.
* 1979 – Population: 1,367,000.
* 1985 – Nizhny Novgorod Metro begins operating.
* 1989 – Population: 1,438,133.
* 1990 – Nizhny Novgorod Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1991 – Boris Nemtsov becomes governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
* 1992 – GAZ privatized.
* 1994
   * Nizhny Novgorod International Airport in operation.
   * Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov becomes mayor.
* 2000 – City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

## 21st century

* 2002 – Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) opens.
* 2010 – Population: 1,250,619.
* 2012 – Nizhny Novgorod cable car to Bor begins operating.
* 2015 - FC Nizhny Novgorod founded.
* 2016 – 70th Anniversary of Victory Plant built.
* 2017 – Bor bridge II built.
* 2018 - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium opened.
