Timeline of Makhachkala explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.

19th century

• 1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians.
• 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built.
• 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status.
• 1870 - Harbor constructed.^[1]
• 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built.
• 1897 - Population: 9,806.

20th century

• 1919
  • No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
  • Population: 18,000.^[2]
• 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.
• 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."^[3]
• 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.
• 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
• 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.^[4]
• 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.^[5]
• 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.
• 1939 - Population: 86,836.
• 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).
• 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
• 1957 - Dagestan State University established.
• 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.^[6]
• 1965 - Population: 152,000.^[7]
• 1970
  • 14 May: Earthquake.
  • Population: 185,863.
• 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.^[8]
• 1985 - Population: 301,000.^[9]
• 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.^[10]
• 1991
  • City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.
  • Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
  • 13 June: Muslim demonstration.^[11]
• 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
• 1996 - August: Bombing.^[12]
• 1998
  • Said Amirov becomes mayor.
  • Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.

21st century

• 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.^[13]
• 2002
  • 18 January: Bombing.^[14]
  • Population: 462,412.
• 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
• 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
• 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
• 2010 - Population: 572,076.
• 2011
  • 22 November: Bombings.^[16]
  • 25 November: Protest.
• 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.^[17]
• 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.^[18]
• 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ
• 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus

See also

• History of Makhachkala
• Administrative divisions of Makhachkala
• History of Dagestan
• History of the Jews in Makhachkala
• Timelines of other cities in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia: Grozny

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Book: Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon . Leipzig . Brockhaus . 1908 . de . 14th . Petrowsk . .
• Petrovsk (Daghestan) . 21 . 335 . 1910 . . 1.
  • • Book: Svetlana Anokhina and Polina Sanaeva . Был такой Город: Махачкала . There Was a City: Makhachkala . 2013 . ru . Dagestan . http://zyalt.livejournal.com/1269499.html

External links

• Web site: Dagestan State Archives . ru . Makhachkala .

Notes and References

1. Book: Caspian Sea Encyclopedia . Springer . 2010 . 978-3642115240 . I. Zonn. etal.
2. Supplement to Commerce Reports . Washington, DC . Russia: The Caucasus . November 3, 1919 .
3. Political Changes of Names of Soviet Towns . G.R.F. Bursa . Slavonic and East European Review . 63 . 1985 .
4. Web site: About Dagestan State University . Makhachkala . Dagestan State University . 20 April 2013.
5. Web site: Dagestan (Russia) Newspapers . USA . WorldCat . . 20 April 2013.
6. Web site: http://dmii.ru/ . ru:Дагестанский Музей Изобразительных Искусств . Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts . Махачкала . ru . 20 April 2013.
7. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants .
8. Web site: Garden Search: Russian Federation . . London . 30 March 2015 .
9. Book: 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
10. Book: Daghestan: Tradition and Survival . Robert Chenciner . Routledge Curzon . 1997 . 0700706321 .
11. Web site: Soviet Muslims Riot, Seeking Trips to Mecca . 14 June 1991 . New York Times .
12. Book: Allah's Mountains: The Battle for Chechnya . Tauris . Sebastian Smith . 2006 . 1850439796 . Gamid Gamidov .
13. Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . 1857432533 . Taylor & Francis .
14. Web site: Dagestani rebels 'planted' nail bomb . 19 January 2002 . .
15. Web site: Dagestan journalist Kamalov shot dead . 16 December 2011 . .
16. Web site: Dozens Hurt by 2 Bombs in Capital of Dagestan . 22 September 2011 . New York Times .
17. Web site: Dagestan Russia blasts: At least 12 dead in Makhachkala . 4 May 2012 . .
18. Web site: Ellen Barry . 1 June 2013 . Russian Force Arrests Mayor Tied to Killing in Dagestan . . 2 June 2013.