Timeline of Poltava explained

Poltava is a city on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine, in existence since the Middle Ages.

Prior to 20th century

1174 CE - Site "mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle" as "Ltava."
1240 - "Destroyed by the Golden Horde."
1430 - "Tatar prince Leksada" in power.
1569 - Poltava becomes part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.^[1]
1650 - Monastery built.
1667 - Poltava becomes part of Russia.
1709 - Russian forces defeat Swedish forces near city during the Battle of Poltava.
1751 - Construction of begins.
1773 - Church of the Resurrection built.
1802 - Poltava becomes "a provincial centre."
1809 - Column of Victory installed in Alexandrovskaya Square.
1818 - founded.
1870
- Poltava-South railway station begins operating.
- Mitnaggedim synagogue built (approximate date).
1900 - Population: 53,060.

1901 - Poltava Kyivska railway station begins operating.
1902
- April: "Rioting in Poltava."
- May: "Martial law proclaimed in Poltava."
- December: newspaper begins publication.
1903 - established.
1908 - Zemstvo Building constructed.
1913 - Population: 82,100.^[2]
1924 - Military airfield begins operating.
1930 - Poltava Institute of Agricultural Construction founded.
1937 - Lokomotyv Stadium built.
1939 - Population: 130,305.
1941
- German forces take Russian air base.
- German occupation begins.
- Nazi prison established by the Germans.^[3]
1942
- March: Dulag 205 transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.^[4]
- May: Dulag 151 transit camp for POWs established by the Germans.^[4]
- June: Dulag 160 transit camp for POWs relocated from Khorol to Poltava.^[4]
- June: Dulag 205 camp relocated from Poltava to Krasnohrad.^[4]
- December: Stalag 357 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.^[5]
1943 - German occupation ends.
1951 - Urozhai Stadium built.
1955 - FC Vorskla Poltava football club formed.
1959 - Population: 143,097.^[6]
1962 - begins operating.
1968 - established.
1974 - New Poltava Airport terminal built.
1975 - Population: 263,000.^[7]
1985 - Population: 302,000.^[8]
1992 - (Вечірня Полтава) newspaper begins publication.
2000 - design adopted.

- Book: Hurst and Blackett . London . Annette M. B. Meakin . Russia, Travels and Studies . 1906 . 3664651 . 265 . Poltava.
- Book: . Leipzig . Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking . 1914 . 1328163 . https://archive.org/details/russiawithtehera00baed/page/388/mode/2up . Poltava. .

Book: Ivan Katchanovski. Historical Dictionary of Ukraine . 2013 . 2nd . Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7847-1 . Poltava . etal.
Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1282 .
Web site: Gefängnis Poltava. Bundesarchiv.de. 10 July 2022. de.
Web site: German Dulag Camps. 9 August 2022.
Web site: German Stalag Camps. 9 August 2022.
Book: Demographic Yearbook 1962 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 315–378 .
Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
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 .