Timeline of Kyiv
Prior to 13th century
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- 882 - Capital of Rus'.
- 988 - Kyiv becomes a Christian town.
- 996 - Church of the Tithes consecrated.[1]
- 1017 - Fire.[2]
- 1018 - Boleslaw I intervenes in Kievan succession crisis.
- 1037
- Cathedral of St. Sophia built.[3]
- Golden Gate erected.[4]
- 1051
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra founded.
- Hilarion appointed Metropolitan bishop.
- 1052 - St. George church built (approximate date).[2]
- 1077 - Vydubychi Monastery established.
- 1089 - Uspenski Cathedral consecrated.[4]
- 1108
- 1125 - Church of the Saviour at Berestove built (approximate date).
- 1140 - St. Cyril's Monastery founded.
- 1169 - Town sacked by forces of Andrey Bogolyubsky.[4]
- 1171 - Town sacked by forces of Svyetoslav Vsevolodovitch.[4]
13th-16th centuries
- 1204 - Town sacked by forces of Rurik Rostislavich.[4]
- 1240 - Town besieged by forces of Mongol Batu Khan.[5]
- 1299 - Metropolitan bishop Maximus relocates to Vladimir.[4]
- 1320 - Gediminas, Duke of Lithuania in power.[2]
- 1362 - Kyiv becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
- 1397 - Spiridon Psalter created.
- 1471 - Kyiv Voivodeship established.
- 1483 - Town sacked by forces of Meñli I Giray, Khan of the Crimea.[4]
- 1496 - Town besieged by Tartars.[2]
- 1500 - Town besieged by Tartars.[2]
- 1516 - Magdeburg rights granted by Sigismund I the Old.[4]
- 1569 - Kyiv becomes part of Poland.[2]
17th-18th centuries
- 1619 - Jews expelled from Kyiv.[6]
- 1632 - Mohyla Collegium formed.[7]
- 1667 - Truce of Andrusovo. Kyiv temporary becomes part of the Tsardom of Russia.
- 1686 - Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686. The transfer becomes permanent.
- 1693 - Cathedral of the Epiphany built.[4]
- 1696 - St. Nicholas Cathedral consecrated.[4]
- 1701 - Imperial Theological Academy formed.[4]
- 1732 - Florivsky Convent church dedicated.
- 1745 - Great Lavra Bell Tower built.
- 1749 - Fountain of Samson constructed.
- 1752 - Mariyinsky Palace built.
- 1754 - St Andrew's Church built.
- 1756 - Klov Palace built.
- 1764 - Kyiv Arsenal established.
- 1782 - Coat of arms of Kyiv redesigned.
- 1797 - Contracts fair transferred to Kyiv from Dubno.[8]
19th century
- 1810
- City subdivided into 4 administrative districts.
- Chapel built at Askold's Tomb.[4]
- 1811 - Great fire of Podil.
- 1817 - Contracts House rebuilt.
- 1833 - Baikove Cemetery established.
- 1834 - Vladimir University relocates to Kiev from Vilna.[4]
- 1835
- 1837 - City expands.[8]
- 1838 - Institute for Noble Maidens organized.
- 1839 - Botanical Garden established.
- 1840
- 1843 - Archaeological commission organized.[8]
- 1844 - Mariinsky Palace built.
- 1846 - Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius active.
- 1849 - Church of St. Alexander built.[4]
- 1853 - Vladimir Monument erected.[4]
- 1853 - Nicholas Chain Bridge built.[2]
- 1857 - Lutheran Church built.[4]
- 1862 - Population: 70,341.[8]
- 1863
- Philharmonic Society founded.
- Lukyanivska Prison commissioned.
- 1864 - Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas founded.
- 1866 - City public library opens.
- 1869 - Naturalists' society organized.[8]
- 1870
- Railroad station built.[3]
- Struve Railroad Bridge constructed.
- 1874 - Population: 127,251.[10]
- 1875 - Horticultural society organized.[8]
- 1876
- Juridical society organized.[8]
- Kyiv City Duma building constructed.
- 1877 - City Hall built.[4]
- 1879
- Kurenivka, Lukyanovka, Shuliavka, and Solomenka become part of Kiev.[8]
- Dramatic society organized.[8]
- 1881 - Pogrom against Jews.
- 1882
- St Volodymyr's Cathedral built.
- Philharmonic building constructed.
- 1883 - Exchange building constructed.[4]
- 1887 - Palais Khanenko established.[4]
- 1891 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1892 - Electric trams inaugurated.
- 1896 - Cathedral of St. Vladimir built.[3][4]
- 1897 - Population: 248,750.
- 1898
- Brodsky Choral Synagogue built.
- Polytechnic Institute and City Museum of Antiques and Art founded.
- 1899
- Darnytsia Railway Station opens.
- National Folk Decorative Art Museum established.
- 1900 - Museum of Art and Archaeology and Municipal Theatre built.[4]
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1901 - Kyiv Opera House opens.
- 1902
- 1905
- October: Pogrom against Jews.
- 12–16 December: Shuliavka Republic.
- Kiev Funicular begins operating.
- 1906 - Ipolit Dyakov becomes City's Governor.
- 1909
- Kyiv Zoo opens.
- St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral built.[4]
- 1911
- Library built.
- September: Assassination of Pyotr Stolypin.[11]
- 1912
- Besarabsky Market, Museum of Pedagogy, and St. Panteleimon's Cathedral built.[4]
- Sports Ground opens.
- 1913
- Kyiv Conservatory founded.
- All-Russian (Imperial) Olympiad held.
- Population: 610,190.[12]
- 1917
- 17 March: Central Rada established.[13]
- 17 July: Polubotkivtsi Uprising.
- 7 November: Kyiv becomes capital of Ukrainian People's Republic.[5]
- 8–13 November: Kiev Bolshevik Uprising.
- Population: 640,000.[9]
- 1918
- 29 January-4 February: Kiev Arsenal January Uprising.
- 1 March–December: German occupation.[9][14]
- National Library of Ukraine established.[15]
- 1920 - City taken by Soviets, then by Polish Army, then by Red Army during Polish–Soviet War.
- 1923
- Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic becomes part of the Soviet Union.
- Trotsky Red Stadium opens.
- Darnytsia, Lanky, Chokolivka, and Nikolska slobidka become part of Kiev.
- 1924 - Zhuliany Airport in operation.
- 1926 - National Academic Theater of Russian Drama founded.
- 1927
- Dovzhenko Film Studios founded.
- Kyiv Fortress museum and Kyiv Academic Puppet Theatre established.
- 1932
- City designated administrative center of Kyiv Oblast.
- Central Railway Station built.
- Holodomor begins.
- 1933 - Kyiv Aviation Institute organized.
- 1934
- Capital of Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Kiev from Kharkov.[5]
- Vsevolod Balitsky Dynamo Stadium built.
- Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta founded.
- Demolition of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery begins.
- 1935 - Demolition of Fountain of Samson.
- 1936 - National Botanical Garden founded.
- 1941
- 23 August: Battle of Kyiv begins.
- 19 September: Occupation by forces of Nazi Germany begins.[5]
- 29–30 September: Babi Yar massacre.
- 1942 - Kyiv Archive Museum of Transitional Period active.
- 1943
- Battle of Kyiv.
- 6 November: City recaptured by Soviet Army; German occupation ends.[5]
- 1945 - on September 4–7, an anti-semitic pogrom occurred[16] around one hundred Jews were beaten, of whom thirty-six were hospitalized and five died of wounds.[17]
1950s-1990s
- 1952 - Kyiv Planetarium opens.
- 1953 - Paton Bridge built.
- 1957 - Trukhaniv Island pedestrian bridge constructed.
- 1958 - Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of Ukrainian SSR opens.
- 1959 - Kyiv-Tsentralnyi airport begins operating.
- 1960
- Kyiv Metro begins operating.
- Palace of Sports opens.
- Population: 846,293.[5]
- 1961
- 13 March: Kurenivka mudslide.
- Kyiv River Port passenger terminal and Hotel Moscow built.
- 1965
- Kiev Metro Bridge built.
- Population: 1,332,000.[18]
- 1967 - State Library of Ukraine for Children founded.[15][19]
- 1968 - Hydropark opens.
- 1972 - Feofaniya becomes a park.
- 1973 - Kyiv TV Tower constructed.
- 1976 - Moskovskyi Bridge built.
- 1978 - Kyiv Light Rail begins operating.
- 1979
- Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy and Kyiv Academic Youth Theatre founded.
- Population: 2,248,000.[20]
- 1981
- Museum of the Great Patriotic War established; Mother Motherland statue erected.
- Fountain of Samson rebuilt.
- 1982
- All-Union Lenin Museum built.
- Golden Gate rebuilt.
- 1983 - Kyiv Academic Theatre of Ukrainian Folklore founded.
- 1985
- Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth founded.
- Population: 2,448,000.[21]
- 1986 - 26 April: Chernobyl disaster.
- 1990
- Pivdennyi Bridge built.
- October: Student anti-government protest.[22]
- 1991
- Kyiv becomes capital of independent Ukraine.
- Mikhail Bulgakov Museum opens.
- 1992 - Chornobyl Museum organized.
- 1993 - Podilsko-Voskresensky Bridge construction begins.
- 1994
- Leonid Kosakivsky becomes mayor (Chairperson the Kyiv City Council).
- Bykivnia memorial opens.
- 1997
- Leonid Kosakivsky becomes mayor (Head of the Kyiv City).
- Trinity Cathedral built.
- 1999
- Oleksandr Omelchenko becomes mayor (Head of the Kyiv City).
- St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery rebuilt.
- 2000 - Ukraine without Kuchma protests begin.
21st century
2000s
- 2001
- 2002 - Obolon Arena opens.
- 2003 - Ukraine State Aviation Museum opens.
- 2004 - Orange Revolution protests.
- 2005 - City hosts Eurovision Song Contest.
- 2006
- Leonid Chernovetskyi becomes mayor.
- PinchukArtCentre and Kyiv in Miniature open.
- House of Football inaugurated.
2010s
- 2010
- Kyiv Urban Electric Train begins operating.
- Population: 2,797,553.
- 2011 - New Darnytskyi Bridge and Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ open.
- 2012 -
- Football European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Final in Kyiv.
- July: Protest against Language policy in Ukraine.[23]
- 2013
- May: Rise up protest.
- 21 November: Euromaidan pro-European Union protest begins.
- 2014
- Hrushevskoho Street riots.[24][25]
- Vitali Klitschko becomes mayor.
- 2015 - Population: 2,890,432.
- 2017 - 27 June: Cyberattacks affect some Kyiv entities.[26]
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Bibliography
- Published in 19th century
- Mary Holderness (1823), "Kiev", New Russia: Journey from Riga to the Crimea, by way of Kiev, London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones and Co., OCLC 5073195
- David Brewster (1830), "Kiof", Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood
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- "Kief". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (2nd ed.). London: John Murray. 1868.
- Published in 20th century
- Annette M. B. Meakin (1906). "Kieff". Russia, Travels and Studies. London: Hurst and Blackett. OCLC 3664651.
- "Kiev", Jewish Encyclopedia, 7, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752888
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- Ruth Kedzie Wood (1912). "Kiev". The Tourist's Russia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. OCLC 526774.
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