History of Moscow
1147 The first mention in the Historical Chronicles made the city ofMoscow, which was founded by Russian prince
Jury Dolgoruky
1328 Moscow became the capital city of the Great Moscow Principalityand of all Russian Lands
1564 Ivan Feodorov printed in Moscow the first book
1612 A people volunteers' corps under the command of Minin and Pozharsky liberated Moscow from the Polish invaders
1672 Peter I, All - Russian Emperor, was born in the village of Kolomenskoe
1686 A Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy was founded in Moscow
1709 -1711 A period of work of the first Moscow Governor - General.This post was held by boyar T.N.Streshnev
1713 Under the reign of Peter I the capital city of Russia was moved from Moscow to Petersburg
1755 The first Russian university called Moscow University wasfounded
1799 A great Russian writer and poet A.S.Pushkin was born in Moscow,in Nemetzkaya Street
1812 The Patriotic War with Napoleon. Big fires in Moscow
1814 A great Russian writer and poet M.Ju.Lermontov was born inMoscow, in Kalanchevskaya Street
1872 The first horse-drawn tram line called "Konka" along theTverskaya Street was put into service
1883 Sanctifying of the Savior Temple
1892 The picture Gallery collected by the brothers Tretiakov was granted to the city of Moscow. In 1897 for this deed the Commercial Counselor P. M. Tretiakov was given the title of the Moscow Freeman
1905 The first Russian revolution. The armed uprising of workingpeople in the region of Krasnaya Presnya in December
1917 On the 2nd of March the first head of the City Administration,Commissioner of the Temporary Government for Moscow M.V.Chelnokov wasappointed
1918 On the 12th of March the city of Moscow became the capital ofthe Soviet Russia
1924 First busses appeared in Moscow
1933 First trolley-busses were put in operation
1935 The first line of Moscow Metro was opened and put into operation
1939 The commencement of regular TV transmissions
1941 Crushing defeat of the German forces in the battle of Moscow
1945 Parade of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on the Red Square
1947 Celebration of the 800th anniversary of the foundation of Moscow
1957 The V-th World Youth Festival in Moscow
1980 Organization and carrying out of the XXII Olympic Games
1991 The First Mayor of the city of Moscow was elected by direct andsecret voting
1995 The Memorial Complex in honor of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War was open on the Poklonnaya Gora
1997 National holiday - 850-th Anniversary of Moscow
1998 The First World Youth Games
1999 The Celebration of 200 years Anniversary of the great Russian poet and writer A.S.Pushkin
