Bogudoniya

Taganrog, Bogudoniya

 Attractions of Taganrog In Bogudoniya (or in the place where this area is now located) fishermen have long lived. Brave "sea wolves" built houses as well as where necessary, so today the district is an interlacing of narrow streets with small houses standing on them and huddling together to each other.

Rafailovich's House in Taganrog

Taganrog, ul. Frunze, d. 20

 Sights of Taganrog This mansion is one of the most beautiful and old building in Taganrog. Built in the 1860's, it is included in the list of objects of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. To this day, the beautifully decorated building gives inspiration to artists.

Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog

Taganrog, ul. 56

 Attractions of Taganrog About the building, now called the house of Tchaikovsky, the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov wrote to his brother: "If I were rich, I would certainly have bought that house , where Ippolit Tchaikovsky lived. " Indeed, this house is very beautiful

Stone staircase in Taganrog

Taganrog, st. Port and Greek

 Attractions of Taganrog The stone staircase is a real symbol of Taganrog, a favorite place of rest for citizens and visitors of the city. The staircase has been here for more than a hundred years and at all times attracted people. The secret is simple: it is in itself an interesting architectural object.

St. Paul's cell

Taganrog, trans. 82

 Sights of Taganrog In the center of Taganrog you can see a small clay house, as if ingrown into the ground. This house enjoys special respect among the people. After all, the devotee Saint Blessed Pavel Taganrog spent part of his life here, which is especially revered by the inhabitants of the city.

Museum "Chekhov's House" in Taganrog

Taganrog, ul. 69

 Attractions of Taganrog A very small, neat and modest house, located in the depths of one of the courtyards of the remarkable city of Taganrog, may seem at first sight unremarkable. But, as well as to many things in our world, which at first seem insignificant.

Museum of "Chekhovs' Shop" in Taganrog

Taganrog, ul. Aleksandrovskaya 100 100

 Attractions of Taganrog The beautiful and hospitable southern city of Taganrog is full of interesting places and sights. But still for many travelers it is traditionally associated with the name of the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. It was here that he was born, spent his childhood and adolescence.

St. George's Church in Taganrog

Taganrog, per. Mashinny, d. 5

 Sights of Taganrog In the 30s. The last century, all the churches and temples of the city, except for two, were closed or destroyed. But when the city was occupied during the Great Patriotic War, its residents appealed to the authorities with a request to allow the opening of the temple, and this request was granted.

Taganrog Aviation Museum

Taganrog, ul. Tsiolkovsky, 42

 Sights of Taganrog Taganrog Museum of Aviation Equipment was founded in 1995. This was facilitated by the conclusion during this period of the treaty on the limitation of the armed forces of Russia in Europe, as a result of which the number of military aircraft had to To reduce.

Taganrog Art Museum

Taganrog, st. Alexandrovskaya, 56

 Sights of Taganrog This museum, founded in 1898, on the bicentennial anniversary of the founding of the city, deserves every attention. In its funds are stored more than seven thousand exhibits, among which there are original masterpieces. The building itself, which occupies the museum, can be considered a work of art.

Nikolai Chudotvorts Church in Taganrog

Taganrog, ul. Shevchenko, etc. 28

 Attractions of Taganrog The Church of St. Nicholas in Taganrog was built in 1778, on the place where the legend of Peter the Great's tent stood. In addition, there is a wonderful bell, who wears a romantic nickname "foggy". However, not only his nickname, but also fate is romantic.

Taganrog is a surprisingly beautiful and interesting city (especially the so-called Old Taganrog) .There are many old mansions and palaces here, which deserve the attention of architecture and history lovers .Take at least Frunze Street: it houses the most beautiful house in the city, the house of Rafailovich, and next to it stands the house of Karaspasov with the Chekhov wing in the courtyard (Anton Pavlovich often stayed here), the house of Drossi, where Chekhov played in amateur theatricals, Rabinovich's house with beautiful relief ancient Greek lions .All these buildings are included in the List of Heritage Sites of the Russian Federation .Attractive is also the one-and-a-half-storied Khandrin mansion on Aleksandrovskaya street; a remarkable and original Sharonov's house with an acute-angled turret and masks of lionesses, created by M .Vrubel, and wall paintings; Ter-Arutyunov and Rubanchik's houses .

Walking in the center of Taganrog, it's worth to go to the art cafe "Freken Bok": they say that some people come to the city for this purpose, and there are many good reasons for that.

Of course, one can not ignore the classic, "big" sights of Taganrog, such as the Stone Staircase, the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, Bogudoniya, the city government building, numerous museums and galleries, and wonderful green city parks. But in Taganrog there are less flashy, but more peculiar objects, which no true traveler should lose sight of.

City monuments are especially interesting .Among the classical (to Lenin, Pushkin, Peter I, Chekhov, as well as Gagarin and Korolev) you can see well very charming and touching .For example, the sculptural composition "Egyptian pyramid", which is located at the entrance to the park to them .Gorky .The composition was cast from bronze and is an illustration to the episode of Chekhov's "Kashtanka": it is a pyramid that the pig, goose and cat "built", as well as the dog standing next to him .Another interesting urban sculpture is "The Man in a Case", created in 2010 .She also illustrates one of Chekhov's stories and represents the figure of Belikov's teacher .The sculpture stands near the Taganrog male classical gymnasium, where Chekhov studied and where he found a prototype for Belikov's image .

The monument to the amazing Faina Ranevskaya, born in Taganrog, was installed in 2008 in front of the house No. 10 along Frunze Street, where the future great actress grew up. The monument is a bronze sculpture with a height of more than 2 m, created, like the "Man in a case", a sculptor from Rostov D. Begalov.

The coffee mojito "Freken Bok" in 2010 took the prize as the most original author's drink at the inter-regional culinary championship.

Walking in the center of Taganrog, it's worth to visit the art cafe "Freken Bok": they say that some people come to the city for this purpose, and there are many good reasons for that. .The cafe is located in Turgenevsky pereulok, in the house number 24 .Firstly, in itself a small building of the 19th century is quite interesting .Secondly, the interior of the cafe, inspired by works by Astrid Lindgren and decorated with a photo by F .Ranevskaya, who lived nearby (the cafe is even called in the people as a real monument to the great actress, unlike the "official" bronze that is placed nearby) .Thirdly, this year's art cafes host the events of the Chekhov Book Festival and meetings with the authors, and in the rest of the day - readings, poetry evenings, theatrical performances and painting exhibitions .Fourthly, in due time our truly famous compatriots came to this cafe: Konstantin Raikin, Lev Durov, Vladimir Voinovich .Finally, the cafe is famous for unique author's drinks, and its barista regularly wins something at regional and Russian competitions .