Timeline of Voronezh

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1586 - Fortress established.
 * 1590 - Fort burned by Tatars.
 * 1694 - Shipbuilding begins.
 * 1703 - Fire.
 * 1748 - Fire.
 * 1773 - Fire.
 * 1802 - Theatre troupe established.
 * 1826 - opens.
 * 1833 - Braun's music shop in business (approximate date).
 * 1860 - Tsar Peter I monument erected.
 * 1868
 * Rostov-on-Don-Voronezh railway begins operating.
 * Koltsov memorial erected.
 * 1871
 * Moscow-Voronezh railway begins operating.
 * opens.
 * 1876 - Rostov-Voronezh railway begins operating.
 * 1897 - Population: 84,015.

20th century

 * 1901 - Population: 84,146.
 * 1913 - Population: 94,800.
 * 1918
 * Voronezh State University established.
 * Sirena literary journal begins publication.
 * 1926 - Population: 120,017.
 * 1928 - City becomes part of the Central Black Earth Region.
 * 1933 - opens.
 * 1934
 * City becomes part of the newly established Voronezh Oblast.
 * Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion (Voronezh) (stadium) built.
 * 1937 - Voronezh State University's B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden established.
 * 1938 - Voronezh Dance Academy established.
 * 1939 - Population: 326,836.
 * 1947 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh formed.
 * 1954 - opens.
 * 1959 - rebuilt.
 * 1963 - established.
 * 1965 - Population: 576,000.
 * 1968 - active.
 * 1972 - Voronezh Airport begins operating.
 * 1979 - Population: 809,000.
 * 1985
 * opens.
 * Population: 850,000.
 * 1989 - 27 September: Alleged Voronezh UFO incident occurs.
 * 1990 - Proposal for construction of nuclear plant quashed.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Central Federal District.

21st century

 * 2004
 * becomes mayor.
 * Bombings.
 * 2008 - Sergey Koliukh becomes mayor.
 * 2009
 * Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh built.
 * Voronezh tram system is stopped.
 * 2010 - Population: 889,680.