Taganrog

[ tag-uhn-rog; Russian tuh-guhn-rawk ]

noun

1. a seaport in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Gulf of Taganrog.
2. Gulf of, an arm of the Sea of Azov.

Taganrog

/ təɡanˈrɔk /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The Centre for Information Resilience geolocated the makeshift temporary accommodation center where children were being held in Taganrog, identifying it as the Dvorets Sports Complex.

From The Daily Beast

Since then it has greatly declined, owing to the silting up of its harbour and the competition of Taganrog.

From Project Gutenberg

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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