Timeline of Samara

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1586 - Fortress established.
 * 1685 - Cathedral built.
 * 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town.
 * 1850
 * Samara government established.
 * founded.
 * 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
 * 1871 - becomes mayor.
 * 1881 - built.
 * 1882 - Society of Doctors established.
 * 1883 - Population: 63,479.
 * 1894 - built.
 * 1897 - Population: 91,672.

20th century

 * 1913 - Population: 144,000.
 * 1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast.
 * 1932 - Botanical Garden State University established.
 * 1935
 * Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev).
 * Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished.
 * 1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow.
 * 1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed.
 * 1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow.
 * 1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens.
 * 1965 - Population: 948,000.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,257,000.
 * 1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open.
 * 1989 - Samara State University founded.
 * 1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
 * 1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
 * 1993
 * Samara State Medical University active.
 * Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open.
 * 1997 - becomes mayor.
 * 1999 - Samara Mosque built.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.

21st century

 * 2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
 * 2007
 * Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
 * becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
 * 2010 - Population: 1,164,896.
 * 2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.