Timeline of Kharkiv

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1654 - Kharkiv founded by Zaporozhian Cossacks (regiment's capital of Kharkiv Regiment).
 * 1689 - built.
 * 1734 - Kharkov Collegium founded.
 * 1764 - Church of the Holy Trinity built.
 * 1765 - Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine governetore in Russian Empire.
 * 1777 - Assumption Cathedral built.
 * 1797 - Town becomes part of the Kharkov Governorate.
 * 1805 - Kharkiv University established.
 * 1817 - Population: 12,892.
 * 1820 - constructed on.
 * 1835 - Town becomes capital of Kharkov Governorate.
 * 1867 - Population: 59,968.
 * 1868 - Railway begins operating.
 * 1878 - Student protest.
 * 1882
 * Jewish Bilu group moves to Palestine.
 * Population: 133,139.
 * 1885 - Technological Institute founded.
 * 1886 - Kharkiv Public Library and Museum of Art and Industry established.
 * 1893 - Myronosytska Church rebuilt.
 * 1895 - Kharkov Locomotive Factory begins operating.
 * 1897 - Population: 170,682.
 * 1900
 * Revolutionary Ukrainian Party founded in city.
 * Population: 197,405.

20th century

 * 1901 - Annunciation Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1903 - "People's palace" established.
 * 1906 - Tram begins operating.
 * 1913
 * Choral Synagogue built.
 * Population: 258,360.
 * 1917 - December: First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Kharkiv) held in city.
 * 1918
 * February: City becomes capital of Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
 * April: troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic take control of Kharkiv together with the German Army.
 * 1919
 * January: Kharkiv taken by the Red Army.
 * March: Annual congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) begins in Kharkiv.
 * June: Kharkiv taken by the White Army.
 * December: Kharkiv retaken by the Red Army.
 * 1920
 * City becomes capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
 * Museum of History opens.
 * 1921
 * Polish diplomatic mission established.
 * Futurist Komkosmos group formed.
 * 1922 - City becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
 * 1924 - Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant housing built.
 * 1925 - Football Club Metalist Kharkiv formed.
 * 1926
 * Traktor Stadium opens.
 * Population: 417,342.
 * 1927
 * Nova Generatsiia literary journal begins publication.
 * Morozov Design Bureau (arms industry) established.
 * 1928
 * Modernist Derzhprom building and Construction Workers Club built.
 * Literaturnyi iarmarok journal begins publication.
 * 1929
 * Institute of Political Education established.
 * Palace of Labor, and textile workers' club built.
 * 1930
 * International Conference of Revolutionary Writers held in city.
 * National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute founded.
 * 1932
 * Holodomor (famine).
 * City becomes part of the Kharkiv Oblast.
 * 1933 - House of Trade and House of Planning Organizations and KhTZ Stadium built.
 * 1934
 * Ukrainian SSR capital relocated from Kharkov to Kiev.
 * opens.
 * International Hotel built.
 * Red Factory Theatre built (approximate date).
 * 1935
 * College of Textile and Design established.
 * Shevchenko monument erected in.
 * 1939 - Population: 833,432.
 * 1940 - April–May: as part of the Katyn massacre.
 * 1941
 * 1,200 political prisoners burned alive by the retreating Soviets in the Kharkiv tragedy.
 * 20–24 October: First Battle of Kharkov; Germans in power.
 * Nazi prison established by the Germans.
 * 1942 - 12–28 May: Second Battle of Kharkov.
 * 1943
 * 19 February-15 March: Third Battle of Kharkov.
 * 12–23 August: Fourth Battle of Kharkov; Soviets in power.
 * 1947 - Zerkalʹnaya struya (fountain) built.
 * 1954
 * Kharkov Airport opens.
 * Institute of Fire Safety established.
 * 1959 - Population: 934,136.
 * 1962 - Institute of Radioelectronics established.
 * 1964
 * Lenin monument erected in Dzerzhinsky Square.
 * Kharkiv State Academy of Culture active.
 * 1965 - Population: 1,070,000.
 * 1972 - 18 May: Airplane crash occurs near city.
 * 1975 - Kharkiv Metro begins operating.
 * 1979 - Population: 1,485,000.
 * 1981 - Kharkiv TV Tower erected.
 * 1984 - Kharkiv Metro Bridge opens.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,554,000.
 * 1988 - Museum of Literature established.
 * 1989
 * Population: 1,609,959.
 * Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
 * 1990
 * UkrSibbank (bank) headquartered in city.
 * built.
 * 1991 - City becomes part of independent Ukraine.
 * 1995 - 1995 Kharkiv drinking water disaster.

21st century

 * 2001 - Population: 1,470,902.
 * 2002 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia established.
 * 2004 - Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" arena opens.
 * 2006 - 22 April: Supermarket bombings.
 * 2010 - Hennadiy Kernes becomes mayor.
 * 2012
 * June: Some UEFA Euro 2012 football games played in Kharkiv.
 * 15 December: Beheadings
 * 2014
 * 28 April: Attempted assassination of mayor Kernes.
 * Kharkiv Battalion established.
 * Population: 1,451,132.
 * 2015 - 22 February: Bombing.
 * 2018 - Population: 1,430,515 (estimate).
 * 2021 - 21 January: Fire.
 * 2022 - 24 February: Battle against Russia Begins.