Taganrog

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Coordinates: 47°13′N 38°55′E / 47.217, 38.917

Taganrog (Russian: Таганро́г, IPA: [təgʌn'rok]) is a seaport city located on Taganrog Bay (Sea of Azov, a northern part of the Black Sea) in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 279,000 (2005 est.);[citation needed] 281,947 (2002 Census);[1] 291,622 (1989 Census).[2]

The first Russian Navy base, Taganrog was officially founded by Peter I The Great on September 12, 1698.

Taganrog city flag and coat of arms
Taganrog city flag and coat of arms

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[edit] History of Taganrog

Main article: History of Taganrog

[edit] Views of Taganrog

The Palace of Alexander I of Russia in Taganrog, where the Russian Emperor died in 1825, as appears on a 19th century postcard.

The Assumption Cathedral in Taganrog, Russia (1818-1938), where Anton Chekhov was christened on February 10, 1860.

Chekhov Monument in Taganrog (1960, photographed in 2006).

The Peter the Great Monument in the city of Taganrog (sculptor Mark Antokolski) as appears on a 19th century postcard.

Taganrog City Theater (1866), founded in 1827 and named after Anton Chekhov in 1944 as appears on a 19-century postcard.

The Greek Monastery (1809-1814), where the burial service for the Russian Czar Alexandre I of Russia was read in 1825. The Statue of Alexandre I (sculptor Ivan Martos) inaugurated in 1831.

Alexander I Monument (sculptor Ivan Martos), 1831

The Mansion of Ivan Varvatsi (Ioannis Varvakis) in Taganrog on a 19th century postcard.

The Boys Gymnasium in Taganrog (1843), founded in 1809 on a 19-th century postcard. Today - Chekhov Literary Museum.

The Chekhov Gymnasium (Literary Museum (photo of 2006).

The Empress Maria Girls Gymnasium (Mariinka) in Taganrog on a 19-th century postcard. Among its graduates were:Faina Ranevskaya, Sophia Parnok, Nadezhda Sigida, Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya, Seraphima Blonskaya

Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov (1859) is a small outbuilding, where the great Russian story and playwright writer Anton Chekhov was born on 29 January 1860 (photo of 2006).

Photograph of the Birthhouse of Faina Ranevskaya in the city of Taganrog, Russia.

Alferaki Palace in Taganrog, Russia (1848).

Residence of Russian poet and playwright Nestor Kukolnik, later Azov-Don Commercial Bank, today the building of Taganrog Branch of the Savings Bank of Russia and Taganrog State Archive as appears on a 19-century postcard.

The birth house of Valentin Parnakh, Sophia Parnok and Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya in Taganrog, Russia.

The birth house of designer of the world's first modern Mortar (weapon), General Leonid Gobyato in Grecheskaya Street.

The birth house of the artist Dmitri Sinodi-Popov.

Former Spanish & Portuguese Consulate building (1872), now State Treasury in Taganrog, Russia.

Taganrog Museum of Art (1870).

The Peter the Great Monument in the city of Taganrog (1903).

Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 1900s).

City bar in Taganrog (photo 1900s).

Garibaldi Monument in Taganrog (1961, photo 2006)

[edit] Landmarks and tourist attractions

[edit] Taganrog in literature and popular culture

The image of the city and its people is featured in numerous Anton Chekhov works, including Ionych, The House with an Attic, The Man in a Shell, Van'ka, Three Years, Mask, My Life and more. It is believed that Taganrog image may be used as Lukomorie (fairy tale land) in Alexander Pushkin's Ruslan and Lyudmila (1820). It also appeared in the novels of Ivan Vasilenko, Konstantin Paustovsky and in the poems of Nikolay Sherbina and Valentin Parnakh.

In 1984, the city was mentioned in the Mashina Vremeni song Razgovor v Poezde (Conversation in the Train). In 2006, the city was mentioned in the Aquarium (group)'s song The Meaning of All Existing Things (O Smisle Vsego Sushevo) from the album Bespechniy Russkiy Brodyaga(Carefree Russian Wanderer).

[edit] Notable people

Main article: List of People in Taganrog

Numerous Russian and international aristocrats, politicians, artists, and scientists were born and/or have lived in Taganrog. Taganrog is the native city of Anton Chekhov, Faina Ranevskaya, Sophia Parnok, Alexandre Koyré and Dmitri Sinodi-Popov; names of Russian emperors Peter I of Russia and Alexander I of Russia; Cornelius Cruys, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Paustovsky, Nestor Kukolnik, Achilles Alferaki, Ioannis Varvakis, Sergei Bondarchuk and many other famous people are brought in mind when Taganrog is named.
Roman Zver, the lead singer of Zveri, a popular band, is from Taganrog.

[edit] Economy

The city of Taganrog is the leading industrial center of the Rostov Oblast. Local industry is presented by aerospace, machine-building, automobile, military, iron and steel industry, engineering, metal traders and processors, timber, woodwork, pulp and paper, food, light, chemical and industry of construction materials, and one of the major ports of the Azov Sea.

The area around Taganrog has a large industrial potential, a diversified agricultural industry, production plants and a modern infrastructure. The location of Taganrog on the intersection of traffic routes and the seaport facilitate access to the emerging CIS markets.

Taganrog's main trading partners are: CIS countries, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Greece and Egypt.

[edit] Trivia

  • Artisanal pasta named Pasta Latini Taganrog Selection is produced in Osimo, Italy. Originally brought from Russia in 19th century, it was the grain of preference for the artisanal pasta makers of the past.

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