Timeline of Makhachkala
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.
19th century
20th century
- 1919
- No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
- Population: 18,000.[4]
- 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.[1]
- 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
- 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."[5]
- 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.[1]
- 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
- 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.[6]
- 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.[7]
- 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.[1]
- 1939 - Population: 86,836.
- 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).[8]
- 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
- 1957 - Dagestan State University established.[6]
- 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.[9]
- 1965 - Population: 152,000.[10]
- 1970
- 14 May: Earthquake.[11]
- Population: 185,863.
- 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.[12]
- 1985 - Population: 301,000.[13]
- 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.[14]
- 1991
- City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.[1]
- Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
- 13 June: Muslim demonstration.[15]
- 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
- 1996 - August: Bombing.[16]
- 1998
- Said Amirov becomes mayor.[8]
- Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.
21st century
- 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.[17]
- 2002
- 18 January: Bombing.[18]
- Population: 462,412.
- 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
- 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
- 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
- 2010 - Population: 572,076.
- 2011
- 22 November: Bombings.[20]
- 25 November: Protest.[citation needed]
- 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.[21]
- 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.[22]
- 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ
- 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus
