Timeline of Samara
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Prior to 20th century
- 1586 - Fortress established.[1]
- 1685 - Cathedral built.[2]
- 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town.[3]
- 1850
- 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
- 1871 - Vasily Bureya becomes mayor.
- 1881 - Zhigulevsky Brewery built.[5]
- 1882 - Society of Doctors established.[3]
- 1883 - Population: 63,479.[2]
- 1894 - Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Samara) built.[2]
- 1897 - Population: 91,672.[2]
20th century
- 1913 - Population: 144,000.[6]
- 1928 - City becomes part of the Middle Volga Oblast.[7]
- 1932 - Botanical Garden State University established.[8]
- 1935
- Samara renamed "Kuybyshev" (after Valerian Kuybyshev).[9]
- Cathedral of Christ the Savior demolished.
- 1941 - National government relocated to Kuybyshev from Moscow.[10]
- 1942 - Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara formed.
- 1943 - National government relocated from Kuybyshev back to Moscow.[10]
- 1957 - Metallurg Stadium opens.
- 1965 - Population: 948,000.[11]
- 1985 - Population: 1,257,000.[12]
- 1987 - Kuybyshev Metro begins operating; Kirovskaya (Samara Metro) and Yungorodok (Samara Metro) open.
- 1989 - Samara State University founded.[13]
- 1991 - Konstantin Titov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.
- 1992 - Sovetskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- 1993
- Samara State Medical University active.[13]
- Gagarinskaya (Samara Metro) and Sportivnaya (Samara Metro) open.
- 1997 - George Limansky becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Samara Mosque built.
- 2000 - City becomes part of the Volga Federal District.[citation needed]
21st century
- 2002 - Moskovskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- 2007
- Rossiyskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
- Vladimir Artyakov becomes governor of the Samara Oblast.[7]
- 2010 - Population: 1,164,896.[7]
- 2015 - Alabinskaya (Samara Metro) opens.
See also
- Samara history
- History of Samara
- List of mayors of Samara, Russia
- List of heads of the Samara, Russia region
- Other names of Samara e.g. Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev
- Timelines of other cities in the Volga Federal District of Russia: Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod
