Timeline of Pskov

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

Prior to 20th century

Pskov in 1661

903 - Pleskov founded.^[1]
1156 - Mirozhsky Monastery established.^[2]
1168 - Plotnitskii borough created.^[3]
1212 - Partially burned by an Estonian raid under Lembitu.^[4]
1240 - City captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.^[5]
1266 - City wall constructed by Daumantas of Pskov.^[2]
14th C. Joined the Hanseatic League.^[2]
1348 - City becomes independent from the Novgorod Republic per Treaty of Bolotovo.
1473 - Cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos built.
1510 - City taken by forces of Basil Ivanovich of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.^[2]^[6]
1540 - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pskov [ru] built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1579 - Execution of Ivo Schenkenberg [et], commander of an Estonian partisan unit, which fought against Russia in the Livonian War.^[5]
1581 - August: Siege of Pskov begins.^[2]
1582 - February: Siege of Pskov ends.^[2]
1615 - City besieged by Swedish forces.^[2]^[5]
1650 - Pskov Uprising of 1650 [ru].^[6]
1699 - Trinity Cathedral rebuilt and consecrated.^[2]
1843 - Catholic church built.^[7]
1889 - Riga Bridge (Velikaya River) opens.
1897 - Population: 29,555.
1898 - Bridge built to Zapskovye quarter.^[8]

20th century

1903 - Archaeological museum active.^[2]
1911 - Olginsky Bridge [ru] opens.
1913 - Population: 38,300.^[9]
1917 - March: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates while in Pskov.^[1]

Estonian army parade in 1919

1919
- 25–26 May: Estonian War of Independence – city captured by Estonians.^[5]
- 24 August: Withdrawal of Estonian forces.^[5]
- Soviet Russia in power.
1920 - Pskov State Theatre [ru] active.^{[citation needed]}
1930's - Pskov Airport founded.
1939 - Population: 59,898.^[1]
1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city.^[10]
1941
- 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins
- City renamed "Pleskau."^[1]
- Pskov Orthodox Mission [ru] begins.^[11]
- Famine.^[5]
- Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.^[12]
1942
- February: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women established by the Germans.^[13]
- Stalag 372 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.^[14]
1943
- May: Forced labour camp for Jewish men and women dissolved.^[13]
- May: Forced labour camp for men established by the Germans.^[15]
- May: Stalag 372 camp dissolved.^[14]
1944
- February: Bombing by Russia, thousands of people killed.^[5]
- 23 July: City occupation by German forces ends.^[1]
- Pskovskaya Pravda newspaper in publication.[1]
1958 - Pskov Electric Machine-Building Plant active.^[16][2]
1959 - Population: 80,448.
1960 - Pskov State Polytechnic Institute established.
1965 - Population: 108,000.^[17]
1967 - Bridge of the 50th Anniversary of October [ru] opens.
1985 - Population: 194,000.^[18]
1989 - Population: 203,789.
1990 - Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Pskov [ru] opens.
1991 - August: Soviets launched an attack on Tallinn, Estonia from Pskov during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.^[5]
1996 - Yevgeny Mikhailov elected governor of the Pskov Oblast.^[19]
2000
- Mikhail Khoronen elected mayor.^[20]
- Catholic cathedral construction begins.^[7]
- City becomes part of the North Western Federal District.

Aerial view of the city center in 2018

21st century

2009 - Ivan Tsetsersky [ru] becomes mayor.
2010 - Population: 203,279.
2010 - Established Pskov State University.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Pskov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1525, OL 6112221M
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Britannica 1910.
^ Langer 1984.
^ Henry of Latvia, Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae, p. 131
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Pihkva pole enam kaugel!"". Eesti Ekspress (in Estonian). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Lawrence N. Langer (2002). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.
^ ^a ^b "New Russian Cathedral Stymied by Interfaith Rift", New York Times, 10 September 2002
^ Baedeker 1914.
^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Eestlased vene sõjaväes 1940–1945. Raamat 12 (in Estonian and English). Tallinn: Estonian Repressed Persons Records Bureau. 2016. p. 33. ISBN 978-9985-9914-5-9.
^ Daniela Kalkandjieva (2015). The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948: From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.
^ "German Dulag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Arbeitserziehungslager Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
^ Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Abraham Rees (1819), "Pskov", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015057241096 – via HathiTrust
George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Pskov". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company. hdl:2027/hvd.hn585k.
"Pskof", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1910). "Pskov (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). pp. 542–543.
"Pskov", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
William Henry Beable (1919), "Pskov", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
Lawrence N. Langer (1984). "The Posadnichestvo of Pskov: Some Aspects of Urban Administration in Medieval Russia". Slavic Review. 43 (1): 46–62. doi:10.2307/2498734. JSTOR 2498734. S2CID 156372600.
Timothy E. Heleniak (1988). "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: Northwest Region: Pskov Oblast and City". Bibliography of Soviet Statistical Handbooks. Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census. hdl:2027/uva.x001867410 – via Hathi Trust. (fulltext)
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Pskov". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Northern Europe. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 610. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
Savignac, David (trans). The Pskov 3rd Chronicle.

External links

[seltzer1952-1] Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Pskov", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1525, OL 6112221M

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTELanger1984-3] Langer 1984.

[4] Henry of Latvia, Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae, p. 131

[ee-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Pihkva pole enam kaugel!"". Eesti Ekspress (in Estonian). Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[Langer-chronology2002-6] Lawrence N. Langer (2002). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.

[nyt2002-7] "New Russian Cathedral Stymied by Interfaith Rift", New York Times, 10 September 2002

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1914-8] Baedeker 1914.

[9] "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[10] Eestlased vene sõjaväes 1940–1945. Raamat 12 (in Estonian and English). Tallinn: Estonian Repressed Persons Records Bureau. 2016. p. 33. ISBN 978-9985-9914-5-9.

[Kalkandjieva2014-11] Daniela Kalkandjieva (2015). The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948: From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.

[12] "German Dulag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[bundes-13] "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[pegas-14] "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[15] "Arbeitserziehungslager Pleskau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[europa2002-16] Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.

[17] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.

[18] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[saunders2010-19] Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.

[Orttung2000-20] Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.

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