The Russian Empire Time

 

The gun powder cellar of the last quarter of the 18th century,

a part of fortification system  by the order of Catherine II, the Russian Empress

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in the first half of the 18th c. Tartu was a small poor city, mostly wooden one-story houses

population - ab. 4000

in the second half of the century: Tartu became a fortified city, the was established

1772 - Raadi established by the decree of the Empress Catherine I of Russia

1775 - Great Fire in Tartu, later the was built, more luxurious stone buildings to the Town Hall square and better streets were constructed

1789 - the construction of the present finished

18. sajandi I poolel Tartu väike ja armetu linn, enamasti puust ühekordsed majad, elanikke u 4000

sajandi II poolel sai Tartust kindlustatud linn. Uuendati Toomemäe bastioneid, rajati püssirohukelder

1772 rajati Katariina II käsul Raadi kalmistu

1775.a. hiidtulekahju järel rajati Kivisild, õgvendati tänava-võrku, püstitati esinduslikud kivihooned Raekoja platsile

1789 valmib lõplikult raekoda