Timeline of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1221 – Nizhny Novgorod "founded by Vladimir princes as outpost against Mordvinians and Volga Bulgars."
 * 1227 – 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 – rebuilt.
 * 1719 – Stroganov church built.
 * 1817 – Annual Nizhny Novgorod Fair begins.
 * 1822 – 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
 * 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.