Timeline of Pskov

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

Prior to 20th century



 * 903 - Pleskov founded.
 * 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.
 * 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.
 * 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.
 * 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
 * 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.
 * 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.
 * 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
 * 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
 * 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
 * 1540 - built (approximate date).
 * 1579 - Execution of Ivo Schenkenberg, commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.
 * 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.
 * 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.
 * 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
 * 1650 -.
 * 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.
 * 1843 - Catholic church built.
 * 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
 * 1897 - Population: 29,555.
 * 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.

20th century

 * 1903 - Archaeological museum active.
 * 1911 - opens.
 * 1913 - Population: 38,300.
 * 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.
 * 1919
 * 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.
 * 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.
 * Soviet Russia in power.
 * 1920 - active.
 * 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
 * 1939 - Population: 59,898.
 * 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.
 * 1941
 * 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
 * City renamed "Pleskau."
 * begins.
 * Famine.
 * Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.
 * 1942
 * February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.
 * Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.
 * 1943
 * May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.
 * May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.
 * May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.
 * 1944
 * February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.
 * 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.
 * Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
 * 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.
 * 1959 - Population: 80,448.
 * 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
 * 1965 - Population: 108,000.
 * 1967 - opens.
 * 1985 - Population: 194,000.
 * 1989 - Population: 203,789.
 * 1990 - opens.
 * 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.
 * 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.
 * 2000
 * Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.
 * Catholic cathedral construction begins.
 * City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.



21st century

 * 2009 - becomes mayor.
 * 2010 - Population: 203,279.
 * 2010 - Established Pskov State University.