1949
Enters Ural Polytechnic Institute
Begins studying industrial and civil construction at the Ural Polytechnic Institute.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sverdlovsk in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Begins studying industrial and civil construction at the Ural Polytechnic Institute.
Begins professional work with the Uraltyazhtrubstroy construction trust after graduating as an engineer.
Chooses to work through several manual construction trades before taking a supervisory engineering post.
Graduates from the Ural Polytechnic Institute with a degree in industrial and civil construction.
Begins a sequence of supervisory construction posts with the Yuzhgorstroy trust.
Advances through senior foreman and engineering roles in the Sverdlovsk construction sector.
Soviet air defenses shoot down Francis Gary Powers's U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet territory.
Becomes chief engineer of a major house-building combine in the Sverdlovsk region.
Becomes director of the house-building combine after serving as its chief engineer.
Becomes head of the construction department of the Sverdlovsk regional Communist Party committee.
Expands his role in regional construction policy after moving from industry into full-time Communist Party administration.
Is elected a secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional Communist Party committee.
Oversees major housing, road and industrial construction projects while leading the Sverdlovsk regional party organization.
Becomes First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional Communist Party committee.
Carries out the central authorities' order to demolish the Ipatiev House, where the Romanov family was killed in 1918.
Promotes large housing projects intended to replace poor-quality barracks and communal accommodation in the region.
Supports major road-building projects linking Sverdlovsk with northern industrial districts.
An accidental release of anthrax spores from a Soviet military biological facility causes a lethal outbreak.
Provenance
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