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1900
- Consecration of St. Nicholas Cathedral in the New Town (in 1908 the temple received the status of a cathedral, and since 1922 – the status of a cathedral). Construction of the temple was completed in 1899. Architect I.V. Podlevsky. Destroyed during the Chinese “cultural revolution” in 1966
- Opening of two primary schools for children of railway workers (the first school was opened by teacher I.S. Stepanov in 1898).
- Opening of a summer theater in the City Garden and the Buff Theater Garden (the latter existed until the early 20s).
- Opening of the Railway Assembly in temporary premises.
- Start of operation of the first store of the trading house “I.Ya. Churin and KO”, which later expanded its activities by opening two more department stores in the city and branches along the entire CER line. In the 30–40s. The Churinsky Club was one of the popular cultural centers, where the choir of company employees sang, a brass band played, and performances by various groups were staged.
- Opening of the Erml brothers’ music store, which sold musical instruments and sheet music.
1901
- Publication of the first Russian newspaper “Harbin List of Daily Telegrams and Announcements”. Editor-publisher P.V. Rovensky (1901–1902; May-November 1905).
- Opening of the first Harbin public library.
- Opening of a club and a special library for workers of the Mechanical Workshops of the CER.
- Construction of the capital building of the Chinese Eastern Railway Administration on Bolshoy Prospekt in the New City – the actual control center for the entire life of the city and the “right-of-way” in the first years.
1902
- Completion of construction and illumination of the first Church of the Annunciation on the Pier, which belonged to the Beijing Spiritual Mission.
- Establishment of the library-reading room of the Railway Assembly (in 1925 it became part of the Central Library of the CER). Founders: I.I. Oblomievsky, S.N. Khilkov and others
- Opening of the Commercial Meeting on the Pier (1902–1950s). The founders are a group of businessmen. Subsequently, the Komsomol played an important role in the development of the musical and theatrical life of the city. There were concerts of symphonic music under the direction of E. Mettepa and A. Slutsky, independent concerts of many young musicians of Harbin, theatrical performances, etc.
- Establishment of the Georgian Society of Harbin.
1903
- Commissioning of the CER – the beginning of direct communication Vladivostok – Moscow via Harbin.
- Establishment of the Harbin Jewish Spiritual Community.
- Publication of the first issue of the newspaper “Harbin Herald” (1903–1917). Editor K.P. Lazarev, in subsequent years – N.V. Slyunin, P.S. Tishenko and others
- Opening of the First Women’s Gymnasium M.S. Generozova (the pedagogical work of M.S. Generozova in Harbin lasted 35 years).
- Opening of the Mechanical Assembly (Mehsob) in a new building (1903–1927).
- Theatrical performances organized by entrepreneur A.A. Ivanov. Director V.I. Nikulin. After the summer performances, I.M. continued the work. Arnoldov…
- The appearance of the first telephones in the city (178 numbers in the CER Administration, stores, etc.).
1904
- Founding of the Turkic-Tatar national community.
- The first performances in the Commercial Assembly of the operetta troupe, composed by entrepreneur I.M. Arnoldov (season 1904–1905).
- Touring in the city theater of the singer Vyaltseva.
- Arrival of the Borovsky Circus (the specially built wooden building for the circus soon burned down).
1905
- Completion of construction of the first (wooden) St. Sophia Church (its reconstruction began in 1901).
- Publication of several issues of the newspaper “Manchuria”. Editor P.V. Rovensky.
- Opening of the Railway Assembly in the New Town (temporary premises).
- Opening of the illusion P.V. at the Pier Kobtseva.
- Operetta season at the Commercial Assembly of the troupe with the Vargin sisters.
- Organization of the Society of Equestrian Lovers (hereinafter referred to as the “Society for the Promotion of Horse Breeding in Northern Manchuria”). Trotting and racing competitions – since 1906
- Introduction of mandatory electric lighting of city streets and squares.
1906
- Establishment of the Educational Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway Administration as an independent road service (by this time there were 1,886 students in schools with 38 teachers).
- Opening of the Harbin Commercial Schools of the CER (1906–1935) . Director N.V. Borzov .
- Opening of a private girls’ school M. A Oksakovskaya . In 1908, the school received the status of a state gymnasium, and in 1912 – a classical gymnasium.
- Opening of the Central Teachers’ Reference Library at the Educational Department of the CER (transferred to a special room in 1916).
- Publication of several issues of the newspaper “Young Russia”.
- Opening of the cinema “Illusion” L.S. Filkenstein on the Pier.
- Productions of performances by the Adelheim brothers’ troupe: “Cunning and Love”, “Uriel Acosta”, “Shylock”, “Robbers”, etc.
- Arrival of the drama troupe with K. Shoshtein.
- Opera performances (scenes from operas) with the participation of tenor Rozanov and baritone Tomsky.
- Opening of a free library-reading room founded by the Georgian community.
- Completion of the construction of a one-story stone mosque on the Pier.
- Publication under the CER Administration of the first Chinese language newspaper in Manchuria, “Yuandongbao”, on the pages of which the administration introduced the reader to the state of affairs in the region.
- Publication of the book by B. Tageev “The Death of the Glorious “Rurik””.
1907
- Reconstruction of the wooden St. Sophia Church on the Pier. Architect S. K Treiman.
- Construction and consecration of the Iveron Church on the Pier. At the temple courtyard there was subsequently a shelter for boys and a charity canteen.
- Completion of construction of the Catholic Church of St. Stanislaus in the New Town.
- Opening of the library of the Commercial Assembly (1907–1950s).
- Publication of the first issue of the newspaper “New Life” as a result of the merger of the newspapers “Vestnik Vostoka” and “Ninth Val”. Editors: Z.M. Kliorin, S.R. Chernyavsky, G.O. Lewenzigler. Since 1914, the publication received the name “News of Life”.
- Organization of the Polish Cultural and Educational Society (1907–1949).
- Opening of the Portsmouth Theater in the New Town.
- Tours of the artist of the imperial theaters Marius Petipa at the Portsmouth Theater (performances “The Governor”, “Nablotsky’s Career”, “Ward No. 6”, etc.).
- Touring of the virtuoso violinist K Dumcheva.
- Creation of the Harbin Athletes Society (HSS). Chairman S.M. Fomenko.
- Construction of a cycling track and stadium at the Pier.
- Opening of the first skating rink at the stadium.
1908
- Construction of the Assumption Church at the New Cemetery.
- Organization of Harbin Public Administration. Publication of “News of the Harbin Public Administration” (1908–1917).
- Publication of the first issue of the weekly magazine “Railway Life in the Far East” (1908–1917).
- Opening of the Oriant cinemas in the New Town and the Grand Illusion cinemas on the Pier. By 1927, there were 10 cinemas in Harbin, showing all the major films of world cinema. ..
- Arrival of entrepreneur E.M. Valley with drama troupe. The season was opened by The Inspector General. Days of Our Lives has aired 14 times.
- Opening of the Ukrainian club. Chairman I. Dobrovolsky. Since 1910, the drama club “Bandura” began working at the Club.
- Founding of the Jewish literary and dramatic society “Imaldag” and library (1908–1926).
1909
- Creation of the Society of Russian Orientalists (ORO) (1909–1927). Initiators and participants: orientalists A.V. Spitsyn, I.G. Baranov, AL. Boloban, I. A Dobrolovsky, N.N. Matsokin, A.L. Khionin et al.
- Publication of the first issue of the OPO journal “Bulletin of Asia”, which has become the leading scientific publication in the region. In total, over 50 issues were published.
- Book publishing: AI. Petelin Chinese language textbook for Harbin trade school; V.V. Rykachev. Railways – a new type of weapon against the enemy, etc.
- Opening of the private gymnasium of B. A Anders (1909–1937).
- Completion of the construction of the main Jewish synagogue on the Pier…
- Consecration of the Polish Church of St. Stanislaus built in the New Town. (A charitable society was opened at the church, and a religious and social magazine “Tygodnik Polski” was published).
- Opening of a special library for CER employees.
- Tour of romance singer and operetta artist L.M. Warsaw. Entrepreneur E.M. Dolin.
- Founding of the sports society HOTKS (Harbin Tennis and Skating Society; 1909–1950s). For some time, the Society published its own magazine “Sport” (editors: N.P. Veselovsky, V.Ya. Isakovich). In the summer there were tennis courts, and in the winter there was an ice skating rink. The club was located in the New Town.
- Opening of a large bookstore by I.T. Shchelokov (1909–1921), whose owners were subsequently V.M. Posokhin and G. K. Gins. The store offered books in Russian and foreign languages.
- Construction of a hippodrome in Modyagou.
- Start of operation of the Harbin radio station, built by the Russian Military Department (1909–1923). (In 1926–1927, the Chinese administration built a new radio station that broadcast news and music.)
1910
- Establishment of the Manchurian Pedagogical Society (1910–1918). Three years later, the Society began to publish a monthly pedagogical magazine, “Education in Asian Russia.” Editor M.V. Zamyatin, later – M.K Kostin.
- Book publishing: A. Tuzhilin. China: Essays on Contemporary Life in China; A.V. Spitsyn. Modern social trends in China; N. Steinfeld. Russian affairs in Manchuria from the 17th century to the present day, etc.
- Tours of the artist V.F. Komissarzhevskaya. One of the brightest performances is “Nora”.
- Tours by E. Dneprova and K. Shorshtein. Entrepreneur E.M. Dolin.
- Performances of the troupe with the participation of Chernova, Demert, Rossov and others.
- Performances at the Summer Theater V.N. Davydova with V.I. Petrov, Khovanskaya and other actors of the Alexandrinsky Theater.
1911
- Opening of the private gymnasium Y.A. Drizulya (1911–1937).
- Opening of the gymnasium named after D.L. Horvat.
- Opening of the 1st Harbin Dental School. Founder E.Kh. Von Arnold.
- Opening of the Railway Assembly (Zhelsob) in a new, landscaped building on Bolshoy Prospekt in New Town. In subsequent years, it was the main cultural center of the city, where L. Lipkovskaya, A Mozzhukhin, A Labinsky, Shevelev, V. Kravchenko, S. Lemeshev and many other famous artists performed at one time. In the 20s. Zhelsob constantly maintained a drama troupe, an opera, a symphony orchestra, hosted guest performers from Europe – violin virtuosos M. Elman, J. Heifetz, I. Godovsky and others –
- Tours of V. N. Davydov with his troupe of the Alexandrinsky Theater, as well as artists S. IN. Lansky, P.I. Orleneva, V.P. Dalmatova and others
- Tours of Stroeva-Sokolskaya, who participated in the performances of the troupe of entrepreneur E.M. Valley.
- Opening after a break of the Progress cinema (Grand Record) and the cinema at the Oriant Hotel in New Town.
- Construction by the Harbin Sports Society of the Yacht Club on the river embankment. Sungari.
- The beginning of Onisim Pankratov’s round-the-world bicycle trip, which successfully ended two years later.
- Demonstration aviation flights of pilot I. Sedov (filmed by P. Kobtsev).
1912
- Festive events on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Patriotic War of 1812
- Publication of the book by P.I. Antonovich “Railway Stories”.
- Opening of the Railway Assembly Garden (with an orchestra shell), where in subsequent years symphony orchestra concerts took place and outstanding works by Russian and foreign composers were performed.
- Events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the death of A.S. Pushkin (for example, a matinee performance “Boris Godunov” for secondary school students).
- Tour of artist V.I. Dolmatov, who played in “The Forest” by A.N. Ostrovsky
- Tours of gypsy song performers O. Ilmanova and Nastya Polyakova.
- Establishment of the Latvian Society.
- Opening of the Yacht Club. Founders S.M. Fomenko and others (The organization of the first boat competitions took place already in 1913) Since the mid-30s. Until 1945, the club existed under the leadership of the Sports Department of the Bureau of Emigrants.
- Arrival of Circus AL. Durova and N.S. Serge-Alexandrov.
- Demonstration flights of aviator A. A Kuzminsky from Vladivostok.
- Establishment of the Manchurian Agricultural Society (MASHO) (1912–1927). The society united veterinarians and agricultural workers (professionals and amateurs) and published its own magazine “Agriculture in Northern Manchuria” (1913–1923), published 1–2 times a month.
- Arrival of the circus L.F. Izako with horses.
1913
- Anniversary celebrations in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
- Publication of the first issue of the journal “Education in Asian Russia” (1913–1919). Editors: M.V. Zamyatin, M.K. Kostin.
- Opening of the Polish gymnasium named after G. Sienkiewicz (1913–1948) .
- Completion of construction and opening by Kaspe of the hotel and cinema “Modern” on the Pristan. At the end of 1931, the theater was reconstructed, increasing the capacity of the hall from 750 to 1200 seats.
- Tours of artists G. Ge, K. Shorshtein, K. Varlamov.
- Exhibition of paintings by Parisian artists: in the building of the Railway Assembly; 265 paintings by 70 artists were demonstrated.
- Publication of the first issue of the “Bulletin of the Railway Assembly”.
- Creation of an organization of Russian scouts in Harbin. The Scouts had their own House with a sports stadium on Ofitserskaya Street on the Pier. The most famous scout masters over the years: M.A. Ginze, V.N. Chaikin, I. A Matkovsky, S.N. Rudin-Donchenko, G.V. Radetzky-Mikulich et al.
- Opening of a weather station in a new building in the New Town. (Since April 1898, the weather station operated in the Public Garden of Old Harbin.)
- Book publishing: N.N. Dorbrovudov. A manual for Chinese language learners; P.S. Tushenko. CER (1903–1913), etc.