Timeline of Poltava

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Poltava, Ukraine.

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  • 1174 CE - Site "mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle" as "Ltava."[1][2]
  • 1240 - "Destroyed by the Golden Horde."[1]
  • 1430 - "Tatar prince Leksada" in power.[2]
  • 1569 - Poltava becomes part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
  • 1650 - Monastery built.[2]
  • 1667 - Poltava becomes part of Russia.[3]
  • 1709 - Russian forces defeat Swedish forces near city during the Battle of Poltava.[2]
  • 1751 - Construction of Dormition Cathedral begins.
  • 1773 - Church of the Resurrection built.[4]
  • 1802 - Poltava becomes "a provincial centre."[5]
  • 1809 - Column of Victory installed in Alexandrovskaya Square.[4]
  • 1818 - Institute for Girls founded.[6]
  • 1870
  • 1900 - Population: 53,060.[2]

20th century

21st century
  • 2001 - Population: 317,998.
  • 2002 - Kolo (Коло) newspaper begins publication.
  • 2006 - Andriy Matkovsky (Матковський Андрій Всеволодович) becomes mayor.[14]
  • 2007 - FC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2011 - SC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2013 - November: Poltava Euromaidan protest begins.
  • 2018 - Population: 282,523 (estimate).[15]

See also

References
  1. Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Poltava". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Poltava", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1494, OL 6112221M
  4. Baedeker 1914.
  5. "Poltava, Ukraine", Britannica.com, retrieved 7 March 2022
  6. "History", nupp.edu.ua, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic», retrieved 7 March 2022
  7. Wiernik 1905.
  8. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Russia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Hathi Trust
  9. "ПОЛТАВСЬКА ВЧЕНА АРХІВНА КОМІСІЯ", Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian), Institute of History of Ukraine, archived from the original on 13 March 2022
  10. "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  11. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1962. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. pp. 315–378.
  12. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  13. 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.
  14. "Матковський Андрій Всеволодович: Екс-мер Полтави", poltava.pl.ua (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 10 October 2014
  15. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2020, United Nations
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