Timeline of Minsk
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Prior to 19th century
- 1066 – Vladimir the Great, Prince of Kiev, devastates the town.[1]
- 1067 – The Battle on the Nemiga River occurs near Minsk.[2]
- 1101 – Gleb Vseslavich becomes the prince of Minsk.
- 1104 – Town besieged by Kiev forces.
- 1115 – Town besieged by Kiev forces again.
- 1129 – Town becomes part of Kievan Rus'.
- 1242 – Town becomes part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
- 1413 – Minsk becomes part of the Vilnius Voivodeship.[3]
- 1441 – City charter granted.
- 1499 – Magdeburg rights granted.[4][3]
- 1505 – City besieged by Crimean Khanate army.[1]
- 1508 – City besieged by Muscovy forces.[1]
- 1552 – Town privileges extended.
- 1566 – City becomes capital of Minsk Voivodeship.
- 1569 – City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[3]
- 1591 – Minsk coat of arms granted.
- 1616 – Basilian monastery, Minsk founded.
- 1642 – Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk) built.[1]
- 1654 – Russo-Polish War (1654–1667): City occupied by the Russians.
- 1667 – City restored to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1673 – Church built at Kalvaryja.
- 1685 – Yeshiva founded.[5]
- 1708 – Great Northern War: City occupied by the Swedes.
- 1709 – Great Northern War: City occupied by the Russians.
- 1710 – Jesuit church built.
- 1775 – 3rd Lithuanian Infantry Regiment stationed in Minsk.[6]
- 1789 – 1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade stationed in Minsk.[7]
- 1790 – 1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade relocated from Minsk to Kiejdany.[7]
- 1791 – 4th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment relocated from Borysów to Minsk.[6]
- 1792 – 4th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment relocated from Minsk to Słuck.[6]
- 1793
- City annexed by the Russian Empire following the Second Partition of Poland.[1][3]
- Orthodox Diocese of Minsk (Belarusian Orthodox Church) established.
- 1796 – City becomes capital of Minsk Governorate.
- 1798 – Catholic diocese of Minsk formed.[8][1]
19th century
- 1801 – Independence Avenue (Minsk) opened, then called Zahariy Street
- 1805 – Governor's Garden established.
- 1808 – Kalvaryja cemetery in use (approximate date).
- 1812
- 1821 – Population: 2,000 (approximate).[10]
- 1825 – Pischalauski Castle built, now a prison.
- 1827 – Population: 3,000 (approximate).[11]
- 1831 – Polish November Uprising.[4]
- 1836 – Alexander Square, Minsk established.
- 1837 – Fire brigade in operation.
- 1838 – Minskiye gubernskiye vedomosti newspaper begins publication.
- 1840 – Military Cemetery established.
- 1844 – Theatre opens.
- 1845
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- 1846 – Moscow-Warsaw road laid out.
- 1857 – Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul rebuilt.[14]
- 1860 – Population: 27,000.
- 1864 – Church of Holy Trinity consecrated.
- 1871 – Minsk railway station opened.
- 1872 – Municipal water supply introduced.
- 1873 – Vilnius railway station built.
- 1882 – Population: 53,328.[15]
- 1886 – Minskiy Listok newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1890 – Kupala Theatre opens.[16]
- 1892 – Horse tram begins operating.
- 1897 – Population: 91,494.[1]
- 1898 – Russian Social Democratic Labour Party founded in Minsk.[17][2]
20th century
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1900s–1940s
- 1902 – "All-Russian Congress of Zionists" held in Minsk.[2]
- 1910 – Church of Saints Simon and Helena consecrated.
- 1911 – Tolstoy library founded.[12]
- 1913 – Population: 117,600.[18]
- 1914 – Minsk teachers institute founded.
- 1917
- November: "Bolshevik troops arrive in Minsk."[19]
- December: First All-Belarusian Congress meets in city.[2]
- 1918
- February: German forces oust Bolsheviks.[19]
- 25 March: "First All-Belarusian Congress declares independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic."[2]
- 1919
- 8 January: City becomes capital of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.[3]
- August: City captured by Polish troops during Operation Minsk, part of the Polish–Soviet War.
- 1920
- July: Soviet forces take city.[19]
- Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute established.
- Theatre opens.
- 1921
- Aleksandrovsky, Lyakhovsky, and Central administrative districts created.
- Belarusian State University established.
- City hosts first All-Belarusian Conference of Librarians.[12]
- 1923 – Museum of the First Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party founded.[20]
- 1924 – Consulate-General of Poland established.[21]
- 1926 – January: City hosts first Congress of Belarusian Archeologists and Archeographers.[12]
- 1927 – Sovetskaya Belorussiya newspaper begins publication.
- 1929 – Electric tram begins operating.
- 1930 – Minsk State Medical Institute founded.
- 1931 – Belarusian Young Spectators' Theatre established.[16]
- 1932 – Belarusian State Conservatory, Minsk Botanical Garden,[22] and Kamaroúski Park established.
- 1933
- Minsk-1 Airport begins operating.
- Opera and Ballet Theatre[16] and Belarusian Institute for National Economy established.
- 1934
- Dynama Stadium built.
- Government House, Minsk completed.
- 1937 – Kurapaty death camp begins operating near city.[2]
- 1938 – Kaganovich, Stalin, and Voroshilov administrative districts created.
- 1939
- Soviet Belarus film studio relocates to Minsk.
- National Opera and Ballet of Belarus building opens.
- Belarusian State Art Gallery established.
- Population: 238,948.[23]
- 1940 – Soviet executions of Polish officers and intelligentsia during the Katyn massacre.[24]
- 1941
- June: Bombing of Minsk.[25]
- June 28: German occupation begins.[19]
- July 17: Reichskommissariat Ostland established.
- July 20: Minsk Ghetto established.
- Dulag 126 and Dulag 127 transit camps for prisoners of war based in Minsk.[26]
- August: Forced labour camp for Jews established.[27]
- Stalag 352 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.[28]
- October: Some 8,000 POWs from Stalag 352 executed.[28]
- 1942
- February: 925 POWs executed at Stalag 352.[28]
- May: Maly Trostenets extermination camp in operation.
- August: 600 POWs executed at Stalag 352.[28]
- 1943 – State Archive for Film established.[29]
- 1944
- June: Stalag 352 camp evacuated westwards.[28]
- 4 July: Red Army takes city.[19]
- Minsk Automobile Plant established.
- Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum opens.
- Zvyazda newspaper in publication.
- 1945 – Belarus Theatrical Institute founded.
- 1946
- Minsk Tractor Works established.
- Belarusian Institute of Technology relocates to Minsk.
- 1948 – Minsk Institute for Foreign Languages founded.
1950s–1990s
- 1950
- Yanka Kupala Park and Pobieda Kino (cinema)[30] established.
- Tarpeda Stadium built.
- Belarusian State Puppet Theatre active.[16]
- 1954
- Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant founded.
- Victory Square monument erected.
- 1955
- Children's Railroad opens.
- Vasily Ivanovich Sharapov becomes mayor.[31][32]
- 1957 – Belarusian State History Museum established.
- 1959
- Minsk Refrigerator Plant established.
- Population: 509,667.
- 1961 – October Square, Minsk construction completed.
- 1963 – MKAD (Minsk) ring road constructed.
- 1964 – Radioengineering Institute established.
- 1967 – Vecherniy Minsk newspaper begins publication.[33]
- 1968 – Stadium of the VSS Red Banner opens.
- 1970
- Belarusian State Musical Comedy Theatre active.[16]
- Population: 917,428.
- 1971 – Belarus Optical & Mechanical Enterprise founded.
- 1979
- Belarusian History Museum opens.
- Population: 1,333,000.[34]
- 1981 – Biennial puppet festival begins.[16]
- 1982 – Minsk National Airport begins operating.
- 1984
- Minsk Metro begins operating.
- Minsk Zoo opens.
- 1988 – 30 October: Demonstration; crackdown.[2]
- 1989
- 1990 – Public Library of the City of Minsk established.[12]
- 1991
- April: Labor strike.[2]
- City becomes capital of Republic of Belarus.[3]
- City "becomes the headquarters of the successor to the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States."[25][36]
- State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB HQ) formed.
- Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum and Academy of Public Administration founded.
- 1992 – International Sakharov Environmental University and Republican Institute for Vocational Education established.
- 1993
- July: Belarusians of the World congress held in city.[2]
- Listapad (Minsk International Film Festival) begins.
- 1994 – Polish Institute in Minsk established.
- 1995 – Vladimir Yermoshin becomes mayor.[31]
- 1996
- November: "Chernobyl march."[37]
- National Academic Bolshoi Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus and National Academic Opera Theatre of Belarus formed.
- 1999
- 30 May: Nyamiha metro disaster.[19]
- Moscow bus station (Minsk) built.
- 2000
- 15 March: Political demonstration held.[38]
- Mikhail Pavlov becomes mayor.[31]
- Darida Stadium opens.
21st century
2000s
- 2001 – March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.[25]
- 2002
- Minsk Passazhirsky railway station and Football Manege arena built.
- MKAD (Minsk) ring road rebuilt.
- Independence Square, Minsk reconstruction completed.
- October: Library of the Polish Institute in Minsk established.[39]
- 2004
- Kurapaty monument installed.
- IIHF World U18 Championships held.
- 2005 – 14 May: Water féerie demonstration.[citation needed]
- 2006
- March: Jeans Revolution.[25]
- November: Summit of Commonwealth of Independent States.
- National Library of Belarus building opens.
- 2007 – March: Anti-Lukashenko demonstration.[25]
- 2008 – 4 July: Bombing.
- 2009 – Ў Gallery founded.[40]
2010s
- 2010
- December: Post-election demonstration.[41][25]
- Minsk-Arena opens.
- Nikolai Aleksandrovich Ladutko becomes mayor.[31]
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held.[42]
- 2011
- 11 April: Metro bombing.[25]
- Protests against Lukashenko regime.[43]
- 2012
- 4 July: Teddy bear airdrop.[44]
- Population: 1,901,700.
- 2014
- May: 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship held in city.[45]
- Andrei Shorets becomes mayor.[31]
- Population: 1,921,807 city; 2,101,018 metro.
- 2015 – 12 February: International meeting produces ceasefire agreement ("Minsk II") related to the War in Donbas.[46]
- 2018 – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 held.[47]
- 2019 – Minsk hosts the 2019 European Games.
2020s
- 2020–2021 Belarusian protests after elections
See also
- History of Minsk
- History of Minsk with timeline (in Belarusian Taraškievica)
- List of mayors of Minsk
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