Timeline of Volgograd

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded.
 * 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour of the False Dmitry I.
 * 1670 – Town taken by forces of Cossack Stenka Razin.
 * 1774 – Town taken by forces of Yemelyan Pugachev.
 * 1862 – begins operating.
 * 1871 – Volgograd railway station rebuilt.
 * 1897
 * Ural-Volga metallurgy factory established.
 * Population: 55,914.
 * 1900
 * established.
 * Population: 67,650.

20th century

 * 1911 – Synagogue built.
 * 1913 – Population: 100,817.
 * 1917 – Tsaritsyn Soviet formed.
 * 1918 – Battle of Tsaritsyn begins.
 * 1925 – 10 April: City renamed "Stalingrad."
 * 1926 – Population: 151,490.
 * 1929 – Football Club Rotor Volgograd formed.
 * 1930 – Stalingrad tractor factory begins operating.
 * 1939 – Population: 445,476.
 * 1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins.
 * 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power.
 * 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled.
 * 1952 – Volgograd Airport established.
 * 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight.
 * 1961
 * 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd."
 * Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near city.
 * 1964
 * opens.
 * Central Stadium (Volgograd) built.
 * 1965 – Population: 700,000.
 * 1967 – The Motherland Calls monument unveiled.
 * 1980 – Volgograd State University founded.
 * 1984 – Volgograd Metrotram begins operating.
 * 1985
 * opens.
 * Population: 974,000.
 * 1987 – founded.
 * 1989 – Football Club Olimpia Volgograd formed.
 * 1991 – becomes mayor.
 * 1992 – Volgograd State Pedagogical University active.
 * 1996 – Nikolay Maksyuta becomes governor of Volgograd Oblast.
 * 2000 – City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

 * 2003 – Volgograd Botanical Garden established.
 * 2007 – 20 May: Volgograd mayoral election, 2007 held; Roman Grebennikov wins.
 * 2008 – Football Club Volgograd formed.
 * 2009 – Volgograd Bridge opens.
 * 2010 – Population: 1,021,215.
 * 2013
 * 9 May: Murder of Vladislav Tornovoy.
 * 21 October: October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing.
 * 29–30 December: December 2013 Volgograd bombings
 * 2020 – 10 August: 2020 Volgograd explosion