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

Prior to 20th century

Pskov in 1661

20th century

  • 1903 - Archaeological museum active.[2]
  • 1911 - Olginsky Bridge opens.
  • 1913 - Population: 38,300.[9]
  • 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.[1]
Estonian army parade in 1919
  • 1919
  • 1920 - Pskov State Theatre active.
  • 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
  • 1939 - Population: 59,898.[1]
  • 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.[10]
  • 1941
    • 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
    • City renamed "Pleskau."[1]
    • Pskov Orthodox Mission begins.[11]
    • Famine.[5]
    • Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.[12]
  • 1942
  • 1943
    • May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.[13]
    • May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.[15]
    • May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.[14]
  • 1944
    • February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.[5]
    • 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.[1]
    • Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
  • 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.[16]
  • 1959 - Population: 80,448.
  • 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
  • 1965 - Population: 108,000.[17]
  • 1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October opens.
  • 1985 - Population: 194,000.[18]
  • 1989 - Population: 203,789.
  • 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov opens.
  • 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.[5]
  • 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.[19]
  • 2000
Aerial view of the city center in 2018

21st century

  • 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 203,279.
  • 2010 - Established Pskov State University.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Pskov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1525, OL 6112221M
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
  3. ↑ Langer 1984.
  4. ↑ Henry of Latvia, Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae, p. 131
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ""Pihkva pole enam kaugel!"". Eesti Ekspress (in Estonian). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 Lawrence N. Langer (2002). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.
  7. 1 2 "New Russian Cathedral Stymied by Interfaith Rift", New York Times, 10 September 2002
  8. ↑ Baedeker 1914.
  9. ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  10. ↑ Eestlased vene sõjaväes 1940–1945. Raamat 12 (in Estonian and English). Tallinn: Estonian Repressed Persons Records Bureau. 2016. p. 33. ISBN 978-9985-9914-5-9.
  11. ↑ Daniela Kalkandjieva (2015). The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948: From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.
  12. ↑ "German Dulag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  14. 1 2 "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Arbeitserziehungslager Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  16. ↑ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
  17. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  18. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ↑ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
  20. ↑ Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.

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