Taganrog

American  

[tag-uhn-rog, tuh-guhn-rawk] / ˈtæg ənˌrɒg, tə gʌnˈrɔk /

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.

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Taganrog British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

One of the deaths was reported in the city of Taganrog, where mayor Svetlana Kambulova vowed "necessary response measures".

From BBC

According to the Media Initiative for Human Rights, another Ukrainian citizen who was released from Taganrog last month has told Viktoriia’s family she saw the journalist on 8 or 9 September.

From BBC

Ukrainian prisoners, released in exchanges with Russia, have said that they saw his mother in a prison in Taganrog, in southern Russia, where many Ukrainian prisoners of war, including women, are being held.

From Seattle Times

Serhii Rotchuk, a 34-year-old senior sergeant at the regiment, also left Azovstal in the final convoys, and was taken to Taganrog a week after Seredniak.

From BBC

Taganrog is also used as a transfer point and, to his surprise, Haiduk was only held there for two days, before his release in a prisoner exchange.

From BBC