• The siege of Taganrog is a name given in some Russian histories to Anglo-French naval operations in the Sea of Azov between June and November 1855 during...
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    Crimean War Taganrog came under siege by the English and French in 1855, but was not captured. The playwright Nestor Kukolnik, a resident of Taganrog, had a...
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  • Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) – Crimean War Siege of Taganrog (1855) – Crimean War Siege of Kars (1855) – Crimean War Siege of Medina Fort...
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    Ivan Krasnov (category Russian military personnel of the Crimean War)
    Krasnov Siege of Taganrog This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918. Taganrog Encyclopaedia, Taganrog, 2002...
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  • This is a list of famous people who have lived in Taganrog. Please add new people and also add the dates they lived in Taganrog, if known. Sergei Bondarchuk...
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    Nikolay Krasnov (soldier) (category Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian))
    of Don Cavalry and Artillery Battery in the rank of praporshik. During Crimean War (1853–1856). In 1855, Krasnov took part in the Siege of Taganrog in...
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    Cowper Phipps Coles (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    August 1856 was commanding officer of the paddle boat Stromboli in the Black Sea. It was during the Siege of Taganrog that he and other British naval officers...
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    Ioannis Varvakis (category Greek people of the Greek War of Independence)
    Varvatsi's mansion in Taganrog suffered extensive damage during Siege of Taganrog in Crimean War. The walls were filled with cannonballs and rifle bullets...
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    named the Lady Nancy, to shell the Russian town of Taganrog in the Black Sea during the Siege of Taganrog. The Lady Nancy "proved a great success" and Coles...
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    Taganrog Fortress (also The Saint Trinity fortress on Tagan-Rog Cape) was a star fort-style fortress built during the reign of Peter the Great and re-constructed...
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    corps repulsed the attack of the British and French landing party from the territory of the church during the Siege of Taganrog. The Greek Church was shut...
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    Wonderworker Church The plaque on the fronton of the church Monument to defenders of the city during the Siege of Taganrog. Cannonball in the church wall On 20...
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    enemy from reaching the Don, a task which they accomplished (see Siege of Taganrog). However, in addition to guarding the Don, and their Black Sea duties...
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    HMS Miranda (1851) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
    operations in the Sea of Azov. On 3 June 1855, during the Siege of Taganrog, Boatswain Henry Cooper and Lieutenant Cecil William Buckley of Miranda landed destroying...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    Dapper-class gunboat (category Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom)
    The Dapper-class gunboat was a class of twenty gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854–55 for use in the Crimean War. The Dapper class was designed by...
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    specialist was Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, the hero of the Siege of Taganrog and an expert in the bombardment of fortifications from the sea. He was so enraged...
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    chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
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    Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
    by his contribution at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) with both the Royal Navy and the British Army. As a consequence of his 'intelligence and great...
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    Azov, and on 22 May they attacked Taganrog. The attack failed and was followed by a siege. Despite the vast superiority of the allied forces (about 16,000...
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    Crimean War (redirect from War of Crimea)
    Anglo-French squadron bombarded Taganrog for 61⁄2 hours and landed 300 troops near the Old Stairway in the centre of Taganrog, but they were thrown back by...
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  • the Siege of Taganrog later in 1855. HMS Jasper (1857) was an Algerine-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1857. She was sold to the Emperor of China...
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    Yegor Tolstoy (category Governors of Taganrog)
    defense of the city from bombardments and landing operations during the Siege of Taganrog in 1855. On 31 August 1859 he was appointed governor of Penza...
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    signed the Treaty of Karlowitz with the Ottoman Empire in 1699. The subsequent Treaty of Constantinople in 1700, ceded Azov, the Taganrog fortress, Pavlovsk...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in July 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1855. <-- --> "The West India, Pacific, and Mexican...
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    Fyodor Apraksin (category Senators of the Russian Empire)
    Tavrov and Taganrog. In 1700 he was also appointed chief of the admiralty, in which post (from 1700 to 1706) his unusual technical ability was of great service...
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    Pryazovia (category Sea of Azov)
    include Kalmius and Mius. Largest cities are Rostov-on-Don, Mariupol, Taganrog, Melitopol and Berdiansk. In its earlier history, the region was ruled...
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    Arkhip Kuindzhi (category Artists from Taganrog)
    Russian Empire) but spent his youth in the city of Taganrog. His Christian name is a Russian rendering of the Greek, Ἄρχιππος, (Archippos, from ἄρχος (archos)...
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    Pyotr Schmidt (category Revolutionaries of the Russian Revolution of 1905)
    Gavrilovna Pavlova. After the birth of his son Yevgeniy in 1889, the family moved to Taganrog, where Alexander Nentzel, manager of the Azov-Don Commercial Bank...
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    Azov campaigns (1695–1696) (category Battles of the Great Turkish War)
    on the cape Tagan-Rog (Taganrog). On September 12, 1698, Taganrog was founded there, which became the first military base of the Russian Navy. Although...
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