|
1661
|
Yakob Pakhabov announced mYenseisk «ln the present year 169 [ 1661 ], on the sixth day of July, opposite the Irkut River on the Verkholensky side, a new state fort was established with the help of the army The towers are ready and the roof is on State gram storage is being built by the army This place is the best and most fitting for farmland Pastures hay production good fishing — everything is near by » |
|
1686
|
Irkutsk fort is given the status of a town |
|
1690
|
On February 18, Irkutsk receives an emblem and seal from the Siberian Department |
|
1698
|
In April the merchant Spiridon Lingusov arrives in Irkutsk with goods from China It was a beginning of caravanned trade between Russia and China |
|
1701
|
A stone administration building is erected in the Irkutsk fortress
Semyon llyanovich Remizov's Siberian Plan Book was published, which included map of
"The City of Irkutsk" |
|
1719
|
Irkutsk became the capital of one of the provinces m the newly-founded Siberian Guberniya (Province — transl.) |
|
1727
|
On January 15, the independent diocese of Irkutsk was founded The first bishop was Innokent Kul'chitsky |
|
1731
|
Irkutsk received the designation of a provincial town The commanders were named vice-governors |
|
1736
|
Siberia Province was divided into two Tobolskaya and Irkutskaya |
|
1745
|
The first stone private house in Irkutsk was built |
|
1757
|
A police department for Irkutsk was founded |
|
1764
|
On October 19 an order was issued concerning the renaming of Siberia as the Siberian Kingdom and Irkutsk Provmtiya
(Province — transl.) as Irkutsk Guberniya ("Province") |
|
1765
|
March 15, the newly-founded Irkutsk Guberniya was opened The first governor was Major-General Karl
L'vovich Frayendorf |
|
1768
|
A decision was made regarding the founding of markets in Irkutsk |
|
1776
|
Irkutsk merchant Grigoriy Shelikhov sent his first merchant ship
"Saint Pavel" to America |
|
1781
|
In February the first city school was opened in Irkutsk. 130 students entered the school. |
|
1783
|
Siberia was divided into three vice-gerencies Tobolskoye, Irkutskoye and
Kolibanskoye. Irkutsk s first vice-generency was the Lieutenant-General Ivan Varpholomeyevich Yakobi |
|
1785
|
The first provincial typography was opened |
|
1787
|
January 1st the city Duma was triumphantly opened |
|
1791
|
On his way to exile in Ilimsk the author of the disgraced book «Travels from
Petersburg to Moscow,» Alexander Nikolayevich Radischev arrived in Irkutsk in December He stayed less than two weeks He acquainted himself with Grigory Shehkhov attended the theater and city educational institutions. |
|
1796
|
By decree, from December 12th, Siberia was divided into two guberniyas
Tobolskaya and Irkutskaya, with "additions to each from parts of Kolivanskaya
vice-generency, which has been abolished" |
|
1798
|
A doctor's board was opened |
|
1799
|
Irkutsk s first pharmacy was opened A jail was built |
|
1805
|
At the order of Alexander I, from April 22 the north-eastern section of Irkutsk
Guberniya became Irkutsk Oblast and the oblast' government in Nerchinsk was abolished, and the Irkutsk Guberniya was divided into 7 districts, joined with the city Okhotsk |
|
1822
|
On January 26, under the orders of Alexander I, Siberia was divided into West
and East Siberia both under the administration of a General Governor The first General-Governor of Eastern Siberia was Alexander Stepanovich Labmsky On October 25 the General Soviet of Eastern Siberia was opened in Irkutsk |
|
1825
|
At the end of the first quarter of the 19th century, in Irkutsk there were 14,411
residents In Siberia, only Tobolsk had more than Irkutsk Irkutsk was first in Siberia in the number of merchants (136) the number of stone houses (56) colleges and city gardens Moreover, Irkutsk had the most churches (15) |
|
1826
|
In August, exiled Decembrists arrived in Irkutsk |
|
1839
|
The merchant Mikhail Boldakov opened Irkutsk's first privately-owned public
library |
|
1849
|
The construction of a wooden theater began Petrashevtsi [members of a revolutionary movement] were exiled to Irkutsk |
|
1851
|
On June 6, a request for the founding of the Siberian Department of the Imperial
Russian Geographical Society was approved — the first scientific society in Siberia The opening of the department took place on November 17 |
|
1858
|
On May 16, the General-Governor of Eastern Siberia Nikolai Muraviyev signed
the Aigunsky Treaty with China, concerning the annexation of the Amur River banks by Russia |
|
1859
|
On July 12, a military school was opened in Irkutsk |
|
1861
|
A public library was opened in Irkutsk |
|
1863
|
Two Chinese persons from Maimachen opened the first store of Chinese products
in Irkutsk
In June, the Polish rebels of 1863 began to arrive, most between the ages of 17 and 25 They were exiled to various points in Siberia
Thanks to the efforts of the Russian Geographical Society in Irkutsk, Poles such as I Chersky B Dibovsky and A Chekanovksy came to Irkutsk where they later became famous researchers
In this same year the society of doctors of Eastern Siberia was founded The primary goals of the society «scientific unity of doctors the study of the climate, the nature of life and sickness in Eastern Siberia » |
|
1864
|
In the beginning of the year a telegraph line was strung to Irkutsk On January 1st,
the first telegram was sent to Petersburg The reply was received in 17 hours |
|
1864
|
The road from Irkutsk to Posolsk was opened The first kindergarten for 4-8 years old children was opened |
|
1871
|
A laboratory opened for the alloying of gold (the present-day Scientific-Investigatory Institute of Rare and Non ferrous Metals) |
|
1873
|
A new theater was built on the site of the 1861 theater, which had burned down
However the new theater would burn down in 1890 |
|
1875
|
The first opera in Irkutsk was performed
In April, the foundation for the Kazan Cathedral was laid down |
|
1879
|
On June 22 and 24 fires in Irkutsk destroyed 2/3 of the city In autumn, horse-carnage service began in the city |
|
1887
|
Telephones were installed in government, fiscal and social institutions in Irkutsk |
|
1891
|
The crown prince Nikolai Alexandrovich (the future Nikolai II) arrived in
Irkutsk from Nizhneudmsk who took part in the consecration of a bridge across the Angara |
|
1897
|
In Irkutsk the construction of a city theater designed by Professor Shreter was
completed |
|
1898
|
In August, the first train arrived in Irkutsk |
|
1899
|
An Irkutsk resident, Yakovlev, brought an automobile from France to the city
which ran on benzene and was able to travel at 15 versts (10 miles) per hour It could carry 3 people
Outside of Zharnikov's pharmacy an asphalt sidewalk was built (the first in Irkutsk) |
|
1901
|
The first electric lights appeared in Irkutsk |
|
1903
|
Water piping is laid in downtown Irkutsk |
|
1907
|
The first transcontinental motor run Peking — Pans ran through Irkutsk
Irkutsk s first train station was built |
|
1908
|
The opening of a monument to Alexandr III was celebrated |
|
1913
|
By imperial decree the Irkutsk Cadets Corpus (military school) was opened Its director was Major-General Skalon |
|
1917
|
On December 22, Soviet power was announced in Irkutsk and in the Irkutsk Guberniya |
|
1918
|
In July, the Siberian Provisional Government took power in Irkutsk
On October 27, the Irkutsk State University opened in the White House (the former residence of the Governor-General) It was made up of two faculties law and history-philosophy More than 500 students enrolled, including 22 priests The first rector of ISU was a former student at the Irkutsk gymnasium, Professor Moisei Rubenshtem |
|
1920
|
Early in the morning of February 7, on secret orders from Moscow, without trial or witnesses, Admiral Alexander Kolchak and the minister of the Siberian Provisional Government,
Pepelyayev, were shot at the confluence of the Ushakovka and Angara rivers Their bodies were thrown in the water under the ice |
|
1926
|
In January, regular automobile transport began At first, there were two roads for
automobiles 10-person buses made by Ford ran on them
Passenger vehicles were located in the Marata suburbs.
In July, the TslK USSR Irkutsk Guberniya was abolished In place of the
guberniya were three okrugs Irkutsky Kirensky and Tulunovsky |
|
1928
|
The Theater of Working Youths (TWY) appeared in Irkutsk — the future
Children s Theater In June, an Irkutsk-Yakutsk air route was opened 2700 versts (1,790 miles) long |
|
1929
|
The Irkutsk Automobile Factory opened on the location of the former carriage
shop Later, the factory was named for Kuybishev
An aerial postal line from Moscow to Irkutsk opened, the longest air track in the world at that time 4500km (2800 miles) |
|
1930
|
Irkutsk State University was divided into a medical, pedagogical and financial-economic institutes
The okrug was eliminated and the East Siberian Krai was founded, with its center
in Irkutsk
The Mountain Institute, the predecessor of Irkutsk State Technical University, was opened
1934 — A collective farm market was opened |
|
1936
|
The opening of the Angarsk Bridge was celebrated |
|
1937
|
The East Siberian Oblast' was divided into the Irkutskaya and Chitmskaya
oblasts |
|
1945
|
As part of the plan for building an oil-refm-ery Angarsk Village
- future Angarsk
City - was founded |
|
1946
|
The first asphalt road was laid Rossnskaya (Russian) Road |
|
1947
|
The first tram ran on the line Central Market — Train Station |
|
1956
|
Beginning of construction on the Irkutsk Aluminum Plant and Shelekhov city
The first helicopter came to the city
The first jet line in the USSR ThefirstTU-104 plane arrived from Moscow |
|
1957
|
Construction on the first television center began |
|
1959
|
Irkutsk State Electrical Station (the dam) began continuous operation |
|
1970
|
Irkutsk was included on the list of protected Russian cities, protecting the
historical layout and buildings |
|
1971
|
A Mongolian consulate opened in Irkutsk It represents Mongolia's interests in
Buryatiya Tyva and Irkutskaya Chitinskaya and Kemerovskaya oblasts |
|
1972
|
The first trolleybus went into operation |
|
1975
|
Irkutsk reached a population of a half million |
|
1978
|
A new bridge (over 1 kilometer) opened over the Angara in the Zhilkmo Village
region |
|
1995
|
Irkutsk's city charter was accepted. |
|
2003
|
Open Alexander III monument |
Shot tour in Irkutsk city.
