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."[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

Building of the Regional Museum in the early 20th century
  • 1901 - Poltava Kyivska railway station begins operating.
  • 1902
    • April: "Rioting in Poltava."[8]
    • May: "Martial law proclaimed in Poltava."[8]
    • December: Poltava Herald newspaper begins publication.
  • 1903 - Poltava Provincial Scientific Archival Commission established.[9]
  • 1908 - Zemstvo Building constructed.[4]
  • 1913 - Population: 82,100.[10]
  • 1924 - Military airfield begins operating.
  • 1930 - Poltava Institute of Agricultural Construction founded.[6]
  • 1937 - Lokomotyv Stadium built.
  • 1939 - Population: 130,305.[3]
  • 1941
    • German forces take Russian air base.[3]
    • German occupation begins.
    • Nazi prison established by the Germans.[11]
  • 1942
    • March: Dulag 205 transit camp for prisoners of war established by the Germans.[12]
    • May: Dulag 151 transit camp for POWs established by the Germans.[12]
    • June: Dulag 160 transit camp for POWs relocated from Khorol to Poltava.[12]
    • June: Dulag 205 camp relocated from Poltava to Krasnohrad.[12]
    • December: Stalag 357 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.[13]
  • 1943 - German occupation ends.
  • 1951 - Urozhai Stadium built.
  • 1955 - FC Vorskla Poltava football club formed.
  • 1959 - Population: 143,097.[14]
  • 1962 - Poltava trolleybus begins operating.
  • 1968 - Military school established.
  • 1974 - New Poltava Airport terminal built.
  • 1975 - Population: 263,000.[15]
  • 1985 - Population: 302,000.[16]
  • 1992 - Evening Poltava (Вечірня Полтава) newspaper begins publication.
  • 2000 - City flag design adopted.

21st century

  • 2001 - Population: 317,998.
  • 2002 - Kolo (Коло) newspaper begins publication.
  • 2006 - Andriy Matkovsky (Матковський Андрій Всеволодович) becomes mayor.[17]
  • 2007 - FC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2011 - SC Poltava football club formed.
  • 2013 - November: Poltava Euromaidan protest begins.
  • 2018 - Population: 282,523 (estimate).[18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ivan Katchanovski; et al. (2013). "Poltava". Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica 1910.
  3. 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Poltava", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1494, OL 6112221M
  4. 1 2 3 Baedeker 1914.
  5. ↑ "Poltava, Ukraine", Britannica.com, retrieved 7 March 2022
  6. 1 2 "History", nupp.edu.ua, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic», retrieved 7 March 2022
  7. ↑ Wiernik 1905.
  8. 1 2 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Russia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776 – 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. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  11. ↑ "Gefängnis Poltava". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "German Dulag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "German Stalag Camps". Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ↑ 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)
  17. ↑ "Матковський Андрій Всеволодович: Екс-мер Полтави", poltava.pl.ua (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 10 October 2014
  18. ↑ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2020, United Nations

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