Timeline of Moscow

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

Prior to 16th century

 * 1147 – Yuri Dolgoruki had a meeting with Sviatoslav Olgovich in a place called Moscow. First mentioning about Moscow in manuscript.
 * 1237 – The 'grad of Moscow' destroyed by the Mongols.
 * 1272 – Daniil Aleksandrovich becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1283 – Grand Duchy of Moscow territory established.
 * 1300 – The Kremlin, or fort, was enclosed by a strong wall of earth and timber.
 * 1303 – Yuriy Danilovich becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1325 – Seat of "metropolitan of Central Russia" relocated to Moscow.
 * 1327 – Uspensky Church consecrated.
 * 1328 – Ivan I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1333 – St. Michael cathedral built.
 * 1339 – The 'grad of Moscow' rebuilt in oak.
 * 1341 – Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1353 – Ivan II becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1358 – Chudov Monastery founded.
 * 1362 – Dmitry Donskoy becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1367 – Moscow Kremlin (citadel) founded.
 * 1369 – Moscow besieged.
 * 1382 – Siege of Moscow (1382).
 * 1386 – Nativity Convent (Rozhdestvensky convent) founded.
 * 1389
 * Vasily I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * Ascension Convent founded in the Kremlin (approximate date).
 * 1397
 * Sretensky Monastery founded.
 * Blagovyeshchensk Cathedral built.
 * 1425 – Vasily II becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1462 – Ivan III becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1479 – Dormition Cathedral built in the Kremlin.
 * 1491 – Spasskaya Gate built.
 * 1492 – Palace of Facets (Granovitaya Palata) – state banqueting hall.
 * 1495 – "Dungeons built under the Kremlin's Trinity Tower."

16th–17th centuries

 * 1502 – 14 April: Coronation of Ivan III as Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1505 – Vasili III becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1508 – Cathedral of the Archangel and Ivan the Great Bell Tower built.
 * 1520 – Moscow said to contain "45,000 houses and 100,000 inhabitants".
 * 1524/5 – Novodevichy Convent constructed.
 * 1533 – Ivan the Terrible becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
 * 1547
 * City becomes capital of the grand duchy of Russia.
 * Fire.
 * 1555 – Muscovy Trading Company of England active.
 * 1560 – Saint Basil's Cathedral built.
 * 1564 – Ivan Fyodorov (printer) active; Moscow Print Yard established.
 * 1571 – City taken by Tartar forces from Crimea.
 * 1576 – Paper mill established.
 * 1591 – Donskoy Monastery founded.
 * 1593 – Bely Gorod wall built.
 * 1598 – Time of Troubles (ended 1613).
 * 1600 – Zaikonospassky monastery founded.
 * 1601 – Famine.
 * 1611 – City taken by forces of Sigismund III of Poland.
 * 1612 – Moscow Uprising of 1612.
 * 1636 – Kazan Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1652
 * Nativity Church at Putinki built.
 * German Quarter developed near city.
 * 1656 – Church of the Twelve Apostles dedicated in the Kremlin.
 * 1661 – Saviour Cathedral built.
 * 1662 – Copper Riot.
 * 1672 – Chorina Comedy Theatre is founded.
 * 1682 – Moscow Uprising of 1682.
 * 1687 – Greek Latin School established.
 * 1689 – Moscow Theological Academy Library established.
 * 1692 – Vysokopetrovsky Monastery katholikon (church) built.
 * 1698 – Streltsy Uprising.

18th century

 * 1701 – Sukharev Tower built.
 * 1702 – Public theatre active.
 * 1703
 * Vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
 * Peter the Great "encounters opposition" in Moscow which compels him to leave.
 * 1708 – Moscow Governorate established.
 * 1712 – Russian capital relocated from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.
 * 1721 – Moscow Synodal Choir founded.
 * 1728 – Russian capital moved back to Moscow under influence of the Supreme Privy Council.
 * 1732 – Russian capital relocated back to Saint Petersburg.
 * 1735 – Tsar Bell cast.
 * 1739 – Fire.
 * 1742 – Rampart built.
 * 1748 – Fire.
 * 1750 – Population: (approx) 150,000.
 * 1752 – Fire.
 * 1755 – Imperial University founded.
 * 1764 – Foundling Hospital built.
 * 1764 – Moscow Orphanage founded.
 * 1765 – Novodevichii Institute founded.
 * 1765 – Maiden Field Theatre founded.
 * 1766 – Russian Theatre founded.
 * 1769 – Znamensky Theatre founded.
 * 1771
 * Chudov Monastery re-built.
 * Plague.
 * September: Plague Riot.
 * Vvedenskoye Cemetery in use (approximate date).
 * 1772 – Commercial School founded.
 * 1773 – Catherine Palace reconstruction begins.
 * 1775 – Platon Levshin becomes Metropolitan of Moscow.
 * 1777 – Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery inaugurated near city.
 * 1780 – Petrovsky Palace founded.
 * 1782 – Police Board established.
 * 1786 – Pashkov House built.
 * 1787 – Senate House built.
 * 1790 – Peterburskoye Schosse road paved.
 * 1792 – Tverskaya Square laid out.

19th century

 * 1805 – Moscow Society of Naturalists founded.
 * 1806 – Maly Theatre founded.
 * 1809 – Shchepkin Theatre School established.
 * 1812
 * French invasion.
 * September: Fire of Moscow (1812).
 * Population: 250,000
 * 1816 – Kremlin rebuilt.
 * 1817 – Excise office built.
 * 1821 – Philaret Drozdov becomes Metropolitan of Moscow.
 * 1823 – Alexander Garden laid out.
 * 1825 – Bolshoi Theatre opens.
 * 1830 – Moscow Craft School established.
 * 1849 – Grand Kremlin Palace built.
 * 1851
 * Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway begins operating.
 * Saint Petersburg railway station and Kremlin Armoury building constructed.
 * 1856
 * The Russian Messenger (literary magazine) begins publication.
 * Tretyakov Gallery initiated.
 * 1861
 * Petushki–Moscow railway built.
 * Public museum established.
 * 1862
 * Nizhny Novgorod-Moscow railway built.
 * Rumiantsev Library established.
 * Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station built.
 * 1864 – Kazansky railway station opens.
 * 1865
 * Golitzyn museum established.
 * Industrial exhibit held.
 * Tolstoy's War and Peace begins publication in The Russian Messenger.
 * 1866 – Moscow Conservatory and Moscow Merchant Bank founded.
 * 1867 – Einem brothers chocolate factory founded.
 * 1868 – Borodinsky Bridge built.
 * 1870 – Belorussky railway station opens.
 * 1871
 * Trade Bank founded.
 * Population: 611,970.
 * 1872
 * State Historical Museum founded.
 * Moscow University for Women founded.
 * 1877 – Premiere of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet.
 * 1878 – Sokolniki Park established.
 * 1880 – Pushkin statue installed in Strastnaya Square.
 * 1882 – Population: 753,469.
 * 1883
 * Cathedral of Christ the Saviour consecrated.
 * Redesign of coat of arms of Moscow adopted.
 * 1885 – Private Opera established.
 * 1887 – Morozovtsi Orekhovo-Zuevo Moskva (football club) formed.
 * 1891 – May: French exhibit opens.
 * 1892 – City Hall built.
 * 1893 – Bazaar built in Kitay-Gorod.
 * 1894 – Moscow Hermitage Garden opens.
 * 1896
 * 26 May: Coronation of Nicholas II.
 * 30 May: Khodynka Tragedy.
 * December: Student demonstration.
 * Museum of History of Moscow founded.
 * Kursky railway station built.
 * 1897
 * Russian Electrical Theatre (cinema) opens.
 * Population: 988,610.
 * 1898
 * Moscow Art Theatre founded.
 * All-Russia Insurance Company building constructed.
 * Novodevichy Cemetery inaugurated.
 * 1899
 * 6 April: First electric Moscow tram begins operating.
 * 7 November: Premiere of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
 * Moscow City Chess Championship active.
 * "Student agitation" begins.
 * 1900
 * Paveletsky railway station built.
 * Population: 1,023,817.

1900s–1940s

 * 1901 – Rizhsky railway station built.
 * 1902 – Savyolovsky railway station built.
 * 1903
 * Zimin Opera founded.
 * Hotel National in business.
 * 1904
 * 29 June: 1904 Moscow tornado.
 * Yaroslavsky railway station rebuilt.
 * 1905 – Moscow Uprising of 1905.
 * 1907
 * Moscow Little Ring Railway begins operating.
 * Hotel Metropol built.
 * Population: 1,359,254.
 * 1908 – Moscow Public University established.
 * 1912
 * Durov Animal Theater founded.
 * Museum of Fine Arts opens.
 * Borodinsky Bridge rebuilt.
 * 1913
 * Spaso House (residence) built.
 * Population: 1,817,100.
 * 1914 – Shchukin Theatre Institute founded.
 * 1916 – Automobile Moscow Society factory established.
 * 1917 – 25 October-2 November: Moscow Bolshevik Uprising.
 * 1918
 * March: City becomes capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
 * July: Left SR uprising.
 * Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies established.
 * Kiyevsky railway station built.
 * Izvestia newspaper in publication.
 * 1919
 * March: Founding Congress of the Comintern held.
 * Moscow State Jewish Theater established.
 * 1920 – Treaty of Moscow (1920)
 * 1921
 * Moscow Children's Theatre opens.
 * Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies established.
 * 1921 – Treaty of Moscow (1921)
 * 1922 – Moscow Sport Circle (football club) formed.
 * 1923 – Moscow Municipal Council of Professional Unions theatre founded.
 * 1924
 * Lenin Mausoleum established.
 * All-Union Radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1925
 * Lenin Library active.
 * Yermolova Theatre founded.
 * 1928 – Rusakov Workers' Club and Zuev Workers' Club buildings constructed.
 * 1929
 * Moscow Oblast and Moscow Circus School established.
 * Kauchuk Factory Club built.
 * 1930 – Moscow State Institute for History and Archives and Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys established.
 * 1934 – Museum of Architecture founded.
 * 1935
 * 15 May: Moscow Metro begins operating.
 * Hotel Moskva in business.
 * 1936
 * Moscow Trials begin in the House of the Unions.
 * 2 May: Premiere of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
 * 1937
 * Smolensky Metro Bridge built.
 * Volga-Moscow canal opens.
 * 1938 – Gorbunov Palace of Culture (concert hall), Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge, and Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge built.
 * 1939 – Population: 4,137,018.
 * 1941 – October: Battle of Moscow begins.
 * 1942 – January: Battle of Moscow ends.
 * 1943 – Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences established.
 * 1945 – 24 June: Moscow Victory Parade of 1945.
 * 1948 – Museum of Lenin's funeral train founded.

1950s–1990s

 * 1953 – 5 March: Joseph Stalin dies.
 * 1954 – Hotel Leningradskaya built.
 * 1957
 * Moscow Central Clinical Hospital opened.
 * City hosts Ice hockey world championship
 * City hosts 6th World Festival of Youth and Students.
 * 1959
 * Moscow International Film Festival officially starts with its debut edition.
 * Population: 5,032,000.
 * 24 July: Nixon–Khrushchev Kitchen Debate occurs at the American National Exhibition.
 * 1960
 * Peoples' Friendship University founded.
 * Moscow Ring Road is the new city border. Tushino, Babushkin, Perovo, Kuntsevo, Lyublino became parts of Moscow.
 * Over five million Muscovites are vaccinated in order to end the.
 * 1961
 * Rossiya Cinema built.
 * October: American Committee for Non-Violent Action peace walkers arrive in Moscow.
 * 1962
 * established.
 * Moscow Domodedovo Airport opens.
 * 1963 – Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed in Moscow.
 * 1964 – Taganka Theatre founded.
 * 1965 – Population: 6,366,000.
 * 1966 – Gorizont Cinema opens.
 * 1968 – 25 August: 1968 Red Square demonstration.
 * 1970 – Population: 6,941,961.
 * 1971 – Great Moscow State Circus auditorium opens.
 * 1979
 * Spartak Tennis Club built.
 * Moscow Virtuosi orchestra formed.
 * 1980 – 1980 Summer Olympics held.
 * 1981 – Moscow International Peace Marathon begins.
 * 1982 – Satyricon Theatre opens its doors.
 * 1985 – Population: 8,642,000.
 * 1988 – Moscow People's Front organized.
 * 1989
 * August: Moscow Music Peace Festival.
 * Population: 8,967,332.
 * 1990
 * Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov becomes mayor.
 * Moscow Federation of Trade Unions and Sobinbank founded.
 * Kremlin Cup tennis tournament begins.
 * 1991
 * August: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
 * Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Russian State University for the Humanities established.
 * Prix Benois de la Danse (ballet contest) begins.
 * 1992
 * Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and Russian Institute of Strategic Studies established.
 * Yury Luzhkov becomes mayor.
 * Moscow Times English-language newspaper begins publication.
 * Figure Skating Federation of Russia headquartered in city.
 * 1993
 * Moscow designated capital of the Russian Federation per Constitution.
 * TV-6 begins broadcasting.
 * Moscow City Duma and American Center in Moscow founded.
 * Kazan Cathedral reconstructed.
 * 1995
 * Arch Moscow exhibit begins.
 * Hungry Duck bar in business.
 * Monument erected in Victory Park.
 * 1996 – 11 November: Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing.
 * 1997
 * Memorial Mosque built on Poklonnaya Hill.
 * Moscow Marathon Luzhniki begins.
 * 1999 – September: Apartment bombing.
 * 2000 – City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

21st century

 * 2002 – 23–26 October: Moscow theater hostage crisis.
 * 2003
 * Moscow International Performing Arts Centre opens.
 * 9 December: 2003 Red Square bombing.
 * Federation Tower construction begins.
 * 2004
 * Moscow Monorail begins operating.
 * Grand Prix of Moscow cycling race begins.
 * February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing.
 * August 2004 Moscow Metro bombing.
 * 2005
 * Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art begins.
 * 2 July: Live 8 concert, Moscow held in Red Square.
 * 2006
 * 21 August: 2006 Moscow market bombing.
 * Protest against ban of Moscow Pride.
 * IgroMir (gaming exhibit) begins.
 * Triumph Palace erected in the Sokol neighborhood.
 * 2007
 * Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines established.
 * Naberezhnaya Tower built.
 * 2009
 * City of Capitals built.
 * Eurovision Song Contest held.
 * Kirill becomes Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.
 * 2010
 * 29 March: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.
 * Vladimir Resin becomes mayor, succeeded by Sergey Sobyanin.
 * 2011
 * 24 January: Domodedovo International Airport bombing.
 * Moscow Exchange established.
 * 2012 – March: Arrest of Pussy Riot (musical group) performers.
 * 2013
 * 8 September: Moscow mayoral election, 2013.
 * 2014 – Peace Procession against war in Ukraine
 * Population: 11,794,282.
 * 2015
 * 27 February: Politician Nemtsov assassinated.
 * Gulag museum opens.
 * 2016 – 10 September: Moscow Central Ring of the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway begins operating.
 * 2018
 * 5 May – Cossack consplayers attacking to people, mainly to scholars.
 * FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. Luzhniki and Spartak stadiums host matches.
 * 2020
 * August – Destroying of the Moscow trolley system.

Published in 16th–18th centuries

 * (First published in 1589)