Timeline of Yekaterinburg

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1723 - built.
 * 1725 - Verkhne-Isetski ironworks established.
 * 1735 - Mint begins operating.
 * 1758 - St. Catherine's Cathedral founded.
 * 1774 - Epiphany Cathedral founded.
 * 1783 - Yekaterinburg coat of arms design adopted.
 * 1824 - Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace built.
 * 1839 - Trinity Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1845 - Ekaterinburg Drama Theatre founded.
 * 1853 - Natural history museum opens.
 * 1860 - Population: 19,830.
 * 1876 - Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) built.
 * 1878 - Perm-Ekaterinburg railway begins operating.
 * 1883 - Population: 25,133.
 * 1885 - Russian Orthodox established.
 * 1895 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
 * 1897 - Population: 43,052.

20th century

 * 1913 - Population: 70,000.
 * 1918 - 17 July: Execution of the Romanov family by Bolsheviks.
 * 1919 - City becomes capital of the.
 * 1920 - Ural State University founded (including Ural Industrial Institute).
 * 1923 - City becomes capital of Ural Oblast.
 * 1924 - City renamed "Sverdlovsk."
 * 1926 - Population: 136,421.
 * 1928 - Nizhne-Isetski becomes part of city.
 * 1930
 * established.
 * Avangard football club formed.
 * Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) demolished.
 * 1932 - Uktus Airfield in operation.
 * 1933 - Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant begins operating.
 * 1934
 * Urals State Conservatory founded.
 * City becomes capital of the Sverdlovsk Oblast.
 * 1936 - Ural Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
 * 1939 - Population: 425,544.
 * 1941 - Red Army Theatre relocates temporarily to Sverdlovsk.
 * 1943 - Koltsovo Airport in operation.
 * 1955 - Television Centre begins broadcasting.
 * 1957 - Central Stadium built.
 * 1965 - Population: 919,000.
 * 1977 - Ipatiev House demolished.
 * 1979
 * 2 April: Sverdlovsk anthrax leak.
 * Population: 1,239,000.
 * 1983 - TV Tower construction begins.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,300,000.
 * 1991
 * City named "Yekaterinburg" again.
 * Yekaterinburg Metro begins operating.
 * Yekaterinburg Commodity Exchange founded.
 * 1992 - Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky becomes mayor.
 * 1993 - 27 September: declared.
 * 1999 - Bishop ousted.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Ural Federal District.

21st century

 * 2003 - Church of All Saints built.
 * 2006 - IKEA branch in business.
 * 2009
 * 16 June: 1st BRIC summit held in city.
 * Yeltsin Presidential Center founded.
 * 2010
 * Alexander Yacob becomes head of city administration.
 * built on
 * Population: 1,349,772.
 * 2011
 * Russian Orthodox established.
 * Vysotsky (skyscraper) built.
 * 2013
 * 15 February: Chelyabinsk meteor visible from city.
 * 28 August: Search for escaped crocodile.
 * 8 September: held; Yevgeny Roizman wins.
 * Population: 1,424,702.