Timeline of Omsk

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1716 - Omsk fortress established.
 * 1792 - The Lutheran Church of the Holy Catherine built.
 * 1804 - Town chartered.
 * 1808 - Siberian Cossack Army headquartered in Omsk.
 * 1813 - Cossack school founded.
 * 1823 - Fire.
 * 1827 - Agricultural research institute established.
 * 1839 - Capital of western Siberia relocated to Omsk from Tobolsk.
 * 1843 - St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral built.
 * 1876 - established.
 * 1877 - Russian Geographical Society's west Siberian branch established.
 * 1878 - founded.
 * 1881 - Population: 31,000.
 * 1887 - Population: 33,847.
 * 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
 * 1897 - Population: 37,470.
 * 1898 - Assumption Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1900 - Population: 53,050.

20th century

 * 1913 - Population: 135,800.
 * 1918 - November: Provisional All-Russian Government headquartered in Omsk.
 * 1919
 * 14 November: Red Army takes city.
 * Union of Chinese Workers formed.
 * 1927 - Agricultural Institute's Botanical Garden established.
 * 1929 - Omsk Tsentralny Airport begins operating.
 * 1933 - established.
 * 1934 - City becomes part of the Omsk Oblast.
 * 1935 - Assumption Cathedral demolished; Pioneer's Square laid out.
 * 1937 - founded.
 * 1939 - Population: 280,716.
 * 1946 - Football Club Irtysh Omsk formed.
 * 1950 - Spartak Omsk ice hockey team formed.
 * 1955 - Oil refinery begins operating in vicinity.
 * 1965 - Population: 721,000.
 * 1966 - Red Star Stadium (Omsk) opens.
 * 1973 - founded.
 * 1974 - Omsk State University established.
 * 1983 - Literature museum founded.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,108,000.
 * 1986 - Blinov Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
 * 1989 - Population: 1,148,418.
 * 1990 - Siberian International Marathon begins.
 * 1991
 * founded.
 * Leonid Polezhayev becomes governor of Omsk Oblast.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1992 - Omsk Metro construction begins.
 * 1993 - Omsk State Pedagogical University active.
 * 1994 - becomes mayor.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Siberian Federal District.

21st century

 * 2001 - becomes mayor.
 * 2005 - becomes mayor.
 * 2007
 * Arena Omsk opens.
 * Assumption Cathedral reconstructed.
 * 2010 - Population: 1,153,971.
 * 2012 - becomes mayor.