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History of Taganrog. The Peter the Great Monument in the city of Taganrog on a 19th-century postcard. The southern Russian city of Taganrog began as one of Russia's first planned cities under Peter the Great. To protect the newly conquered Sea of Azov region, the Russians opened a naval base there in 1698 and a city and seaport were built.
Main article: History of Taganrog. The history of the city goes back to the late Bronze Age –early Iron Age (between the 20th and 10th centuries BC), when it was the earliest Greek settlement in the northwestern Black Sea region and was mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus as emporion Kremnoi (Κρήμνοι, meaning cliffs). [20]
Storia. La città moderna fu fondata ufficialmente il 12 settembre 1698 dallo zar Pietro il Grande, diventando la prima base della Marina imperiale russa. La crescita e lo sviluppo della città sono stati strettamente legati alla storia dell' Impero russo, con la sua lotta secolare per l'accesso ai mari meridionali.
Taganrog, city and seaport, Rostov oblast (region), southwestern Russia. It lies on the northern coast of Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. Founded as a fortress and naval base in 1698 by Peter I the Great, Taganrog developed in the 19th century as a grain-exporting port.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The history of the city of Taganrog, which lies on the coast of the Azov Sea, is remarkable and fascinating. It goes back to late Bronze Age - early Iron Age (between 20th and 10th centuries BC), and was mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus as Emporion Kremnoi – a Greek settlement of 7th-5th centuries B.C.
The Soviet city of Taganrog, now part of the Rostov Oblast of the Russian Federation, had an eventful history during World War II, from 1941 to 1945.
Taganrog, Russia. City history in the 17th and 18th centuries.
