Taganrog is the second by size town in Rostov area. Today Taganrog is an important historical, cultural and economic center in the Rostov region. This cozy town is the port on the north-east coast of the Taganrog gulf of the Azov sea, surrounded by sea from three sides. The area of Taganrog is more than 80 square km. The population is more than 281 thousand people. This picturesque town was founded as the main base of the Russian Navy by Peter the Great I 1696 and became the largest fortress in the south of the Russian state. On the 12th September 1698 the Moscow Pushkarsky prikaz (Canon’s Office) issued a decree for the construction of a fortress and port on the Tagan-Rog cape. Through the end of 18th to the beginning of 19th century Taganrog developed as an international center of trade, attracting many nationalities, ethnic groups and people of various faiths. Taganrog was one of few ports in the southern part of Russia where extended trade with foreign countries was possible. Taganrog kept its position of the largest port for foreign trade until the 1860s. Taganrog is a fortress, a museum-city and the birthplace of the great Russian writer, A.P. Chekov. His literary and social activities have become inseparable from the city’s historic legacy. Anton Chekov’s life story is as alluring as his writings and he is among the most loved playwrights in the English speaking world.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:37:46 +0000
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