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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southwest Russia on the Gulf of Taganrog, an arm of the Sea of Azov. Originally a colony of Pisa, it was annexed by Russia in 1769.

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Examples

  • There is a tavern called "Taganrog"; sugar costs twenty-four kopecks a pound, pine kernels six kopecks a pound.

    Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • More alarming was news that his tanks had reached Taganrog by the 12th, and thus controlled the approach to Rostov from the sea, since Taganrog dominated the bay of the same name Rostov was at the head of the bay and the mouth of the Don as it flowed into the Sea of Azov.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • When his troops had reached Taganrog, they had passed over a natural defensive line made by the Kalmius and Mius Rivers, which wandered down from the upper Don basin and emerged to the west of Taganrog.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • More alarming was news that his tanks had reached Taganrog by the 12th, and thus controlled the approach to Rostov from the sea, since Taganrog dominated the bay of the same name Rostov was at the head of the bay and the mouth of the Don as it flowed into the Sea of Azov.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • It froze early, in theory exposing the attacking Germans on the section of coast from Taganrog to Rostov to attacks from the south as well.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • When his troops had reached Taganrog, they had passed over a natural defensive line made by the Kalmius and Mius Rivers, which wandered down from the upper Don basin and emerged to the west of Taganrog.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • During the German counterattacks of February and March 1943, the Germans had seized all the lost territory from Belgorod to Kharkov, and then along the Dnieper River all the way down to the Kalmius River and Taganrog.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • South of the ancient Ukrainian city, however, the German defense hugged the Dnieper intermittently down to the Mius defensive line and thence to Taganrog.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • It froze early, in theory exposing the attacking Germans on the section of coast from Taganrog to Rostov to attacks from the south as well.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • During the German counterattacks of February and March 1943, the Germans had seized all the lost territory from Belgorod to Kharkov, and then along the Dnieper River all the way down to the Kalmius River and Taganrog.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

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