Timeline of Pskov
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Prior to 20th century
- 903 - Pleskov first mentioned.[1]
- 1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.[2]
- 1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.[3]
- 1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.[4]
- 1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.[5]
- 1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.[2]
- 14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.[2]
- 1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
- 1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
- 1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.[2][6]
- 1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov built (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1579 - Execution of Ivo Schenkenberg, commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.[5]
- 1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.[2]
- 1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.[2]
- 1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.[2][5]
- 1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650.[6]
- 1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.[2]
- 1843 - Catholic church built.[7]
- 1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
- 1897 - Population: 29,555.
- 1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.[8]
20th century
- 1903 - Archaeological museum active.[2]
- 1911 - Olginsky Bridge opens.
- 1913 - Population: 38,300.[9]
- 1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.[1]
- 1919
- 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.[5]
- 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.[5]
- Soviet Russia in power.
- 1920 - Pskov State Theatre active.[citation needed]
- 1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
- 1939 - Population: 59,898.[1]
- 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.[10]
- 1941
- 1942
- February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.[13]
- Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.[14]
- 1943
- 1944
- 1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.[16]
- 1959 - Population: 80,448.
- 1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
- 1965 - Population: 108,000.[17]
- 1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October opens.
- 1985 - Population: 194,000.[18]
- 1989 - Population: 203,789.
- 1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov opens.
- 1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.[5]
- 1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.[19]
- 2000
- Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.[20]
- Catholic cathedral construction begins.[7]
- City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.
21st century
- 2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 203,279.
- 2010 - Established Pskov State University.
See also
- Pskov history
- History of Pskov
- Other names of Pskov, e.g. Pleskau, Pleskov
- Timelines of other cities in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg
