Timeline of Minsk

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Minsk, Belarus.

Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 1805 - Governor's Garden established.
  • 1808 - Kalvaryja cemetery in use (approximate date).
  • 1812 - November: Russian forces oust the French.[7]
  • 1821 - Population: 2,000 (approximate).[8]
  • 1825 - Pischalauski Castle built.
  • 1827 - Population: 3,000 (approximate).[9]
  • 1831 - Polish uprising.[3]
  • 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
    • Public library established.[10]
    • Population: 20,000 (approximate).[11]
  • 1846 - Moscow-Warsaw road laid out.
  • 1857 - Greek Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul rebuilt.[12]
  • 1860 - Population: 27,000.
  • 1864 - Church of Holy Trinity consecrated.
  • 1871 – Moscow-Warsaw railway begins operating.
  • 1872 - Municipal water supply introduced.
  • 1873 - Vilnius railway station built.
  • 1882 - Population: 53,328.[13]
  • 1886 - Minskiy Listok newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • 1890 - Kupala Theatre opens.[14]
  • 1892 – Horse tram begins operating.
  • 1897 - Population: 91,494.[4]
  • 1898 - Russian Social Democratic Labour Party founded in Minsk.[15][1]

20th century

Map of Minsk, 1941

1900s-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

2000s

2010s

See also

References

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  3. Dodd, Mead 1905.
  4. Britannica 1910.
  5. "Minsk". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Russia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. Overall 1870.
  8. Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1821), A New Universal Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  9. Conrad Malte-Brun (1827), Universal Geography, Philadelphia: A. Finley, OCLC 9262496, OL 23353752M
  10. Liavon Yurevich (2010), "Belarus: Libraries", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
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  12. Baedeker 1914.
  13. "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
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  19. "Garden Search". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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  22. Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
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  27. Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
  28. "Marchers in Minsk Demand Further Chernobyl Cleanup". New York Times. 1 October 1989.
  29. "Familiar Questions for Ancient Minsk", New York Times, 30 December 1991
  30. David R. Marples (2012). "Chronology". Belarus: A Denationalized Nation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-41197-9.
  31. "Belarus: Chronology". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2002. pp. 132–136. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
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  34. "Hundreds arrested in Belarus at anti-Lukashenko rallies". BBC News. 7 July 2011.
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  36. "An insider's cultural guide to Minsk", The Guardian, UK, 18 August 2015
  37. "Chronicle of 2015", Annual Register (257 ed.), UK, 2016, ISSN 0266-6170

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