The most beautiful and interesting monuments of Taganrog

«The most beautiful and interesting monuments of Taganrog».

Aims:

To examine sights of Taganrof

To learn history of monuments

To develop additional tasks

Now Taganrog is an important research, cultural and industrial center in Southern Russia.

It has a vast network of educational establishments, ranging from Radio Engineering University and Teachers Training College to technical and vocational lyceums and high schools.

History can be found around almost every bend in Taganrog. The memorial theater, Chekhov library, several museums, such as Chekhov House, Literary Museum, Durov Museum, Art Museum and other stand as hallmarks of the Russian culture.

We divided all town monuments into three groups:

Famous people

Taganrog during World War II

Characters of Chekhov

The Monument to Anton Chekhov

The Monument to Anton Chekhov, sculpted by Iulian Rukavishnikov. Located in the Chekhov Square in Taganrog. It was unveiled on January 29, 1960, to coincide with the writer's centennial birth anniversary.

The Chekhov Square was planted in the Red Square (in front of Alexandrovskiye Trade Rows) in Taganrog in 1934 to mark the writers 75th anniversary in 1935. The Monument to Chekhov acts as a tribute paid by the people of Taganrog to their most renowned fellow townsman.

The Monument to Faina Ranevskay

The Monument to Faina Ranevskaya, designed and sculpted by David Begalov is located in front of Faina Ranevskaya's birth house in Taganrog.

Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984) is recognized as one of the greatest comic actors of the 20th Century.

Taganrog Local Government is planning to open a museum dedicated to Ranevskaya in the near future. A monument to Faina Ranevskaya (by the artist David Begalov) in front of the house was unveiled on May 16, 2008

The monument to Alexander I

The monument to Alexander I of Russia was erected on the initiative of the people of Taganrog in memory of the emperor's stay and death in the city. The statue was sculpted by Ivan Martos.

In 1920 the monument was destroyed (in 1932 the statue was remelted).

In 1998 in the course of celebrations of the tercentenary of Taganrog the monument was reconstructed according to original plans at the same place. The reconstruction was financed by the Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank.

The obelisk in honor Garibaldi

In 1961 Taganrog paid the tribute to the staying of Garibaldi with one of the downtown streets named after him (Ulitsa Garibaldi), and with an obelisk in honor of Garibaldi not far from the seaport where stood his schooner Clorinda. In Taganrog, Giuseppe Garibaldi joined the society “Young Italy” and took an oath of dedicating his life to struggle for liberation of his Homeland from Austrian dominance.

The obelisk in honor of Garibaldi’s visit to Taganrog was inaugurated on June 2, 1961 for the centenary of Italy’s liberation. The local artist Yakovenko realized the project of the monument.

The plaque on the place in Gorky Park, where the meeting of Taganrog citizens was held after the liberation of Taganrog on August 31,1943.

The eternal flame at the central alley of Gorky Park.

The monument to sailors of the Azov Flotilla who participated in the defense of Taganrog in 1941 and the liberation in 1943. Inaugurated in May 1975.

Monument to Ivan Golubets

The monument "Oath of the Youth“ to heroes of the Taganrog resistance movement. Inaugurated on August 30, 1973 on Spartakovski pereulok, in front of the Chekhov Gymnasium.

Sculptural composition "Egyptian Pyramid"

"The person in a case"

Sculptural composition "Romance with the Double Bass" dedicated to Chekhov's story of the same name.

"Thick and thin"

Match these pictures with the words

1) Giuseppe Garibaldi

1

4

2) Anton Chekhov

3) Ivan Golubets

4) Alexander Pushkin

5

2

5) Alexander I

6) Maxim Gorky

6

3

Match these pictures with the architect

Iulian Rukavishnikov

Yakovenko

Ivan Martos

David Begalov

Find 11 words, which are connected with Taganrog

G RKY

TAGANROG

MONU ENTS

G U M N A S I Y M E N T P S

T A G A N R O G

G A R I M O K

PUSHKIN

OLUBETS

K N W S C H P L K J A U N

GORKY

S C H O L C H E E T I K X

GYNASIUM

P R A M I D

M O N U M E N T

ALEXANDER

CHE HOV

ALEXANDER

T A G A N R O G C H E K

MONUMENT

V I C R O R I A G A R

GARIBALDI

CHEKHOV

S C H O O L S A I O O

GARIBALDI

P U H K I N

G A R I B A

GOLUBETS

G Y M N S U M

T A G A N I

PYRAMID

A L E U O P I R A M L L O

RANEVSKAY

E I Z O P

R A N E S K A Y

R T A H Y E O O A H J K H H

Q Y H D I A H J G O D S A H

S J U A I V H A K S O P E C J

T P O J S K J E N A J D I Z M L

Thank you for your attention!!!

References

• The Taganrog Encyclopaedia, 2nd edition, 2003
• materials of the Taganrog State Archive and Taganrog Local Government
• Марина Лебедева "Память сердца", Время Таганрога №1 (147), 12.01.2010
• Фоминых Н. К вопросу о памятнике Чехову // Вехи Таганрог. — 2004. — № 20.
• Encyclopedia of Taganrog, 2nd edition, Taganrog, 2003