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Taganrog
[ tag-uhn-rog; Russian tuh-guhn-rawk ]
noun
- a seaport in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Gulf of Taganrog.
- Gulf of, an arm of the Sea of Azov.
Taganrog
/ təɡanˈrɔk /
noun
- a port in SW Russia, on the Gulf of Taganrog (an inlet of the Sea of Azov): founded in 1698 as a naval base and fortress by Peter the Great: industrial centre. Pop: 281 000 (2005 est)
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Since then it has greatly declined, owing to the silting up of its harbour and the competition of Taganrog.
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On this occasion the people of Taganrog wished to give him a magnificent horse, but they could not find an appropriate saddle.
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Therefore, I immediately hired a wagon, and taking this extraordinary saddle with me and then on to Taganrog to the governor's.
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Its importance was greatly impaired by the rise of Odessa and Taganrog; and in 1820 the fortress was dismantled.
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They spent a week with their friends at Taganrog, and thence proceeded to Odessa, the great commercial entrepôt of the Euxine.
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