List of people in Taganrog
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Taganrog
Taganrog is a seaport city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: -History of Taganrog:...
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Actors, Performers, Cinema
- Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei BondarchukSergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeysk and Taganrog, graduating from the Taganrog School Number 4 in 1938. His first performance as an...
, actor and film director, Oscar (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
) of 1968, graduated from the Taganrog School Num. 4 in 1938 - Pavel DerevyankoPavel DerevyankoPavel Yurievich Derevyanko was born in the city of Taganrog, studied in Kiev, moved to Moscow where he entered Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.-Theatre roles:* «Затоваренная бочкотара» — Volodya Teleskopov...
, actor, born in Taganrog in 1976 - Fyodor DobronravovFyodor DobronravovFyodor Viktorovich Dobronravov is a Soviet/Russian stage and cinema actor, People's Artist of Russia .-Biography:Fyodor Dobronravov was born in the city of Taganrog on September 11, 1961. Since his childhood, Dobronravov's dream was to become a circus clown, and being school student he worked at...
, actor, born in Taganrog in 1961 - Victor Dobronravov, actor, born in Taganrog in 1983
- Nikolai DobryninNikolai DobryninNikolai Nikolaevich Dobrynin is a Soviet/Russian stage and cinema actor, Meritorious Artist .-Biography:Nikolai Dobrynin was born in the city of Taganrog on August 17, 1963. In 1985 graduated from the GITIS. In 1985-1989 worked at Satyricon Theatre in Moscow under direction of Arkady Raikin...
, actor, born in Taganrog in 1963 - Anatoly Anatolievich Durov, circus animal trainer, 1926–1928
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky (Waclaw Dworzecki, Soviet actor, Peoples' Artist of Russia, worked at Taganrog TheatreTaganrog TheatreThe Taganrog Drama Theater named after Anton Chekhov and decorated with Order of Honor was established in 1827 by governor Alexander Dunaev. The theater was subsidized by the Taganrog's City Council since 1828, and its first director was Alexander Gor...
in 1940–1941 - Victor DyominVictor Dyomin-Biography:Victor Dyomin was born in the city of Taganrog in 1937. Graduated from Chekhov Gymnasium and VGIK. Bachelor of arts . Since 1986 — secretary of the board of the Union of Cinematographers of USSR. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Chief...
, Soviet cinema critic, editor, writer, actor, born in Taganrog in 1937, graduate of Chekhov GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...
(1954) - Vatslav Mikhalsky
Vatslav MikhalskyVatslav Vatslavovich Mikhalsky is a Soviet and Russian writer, screen writer and editor.Mikhalsky was born in the city of Taganrog in 1938. In 1965 he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 1975 - higher courses for specialists and cinema directors at Goskino...
, Soviet and Russian writer, screen writer and editor, born in Taganrog in 1938 - Elena ObraztsovaElena ObraztsovaElena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova is a Russian mezzo-soprano, widely recognised as one of the greatest opera singers of all time, thanks to her outstanding stage presence and the vocal abilities....
, mezzo soprano, studied in 1954–1957 - Ivan PerestianiIvan PerestianiIvan Nikolaevich Perestiani was a film director, script-writer and actor, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR . He was an ethnic Greek, his original name being Giannis Nikolas Perestianis.-Biography:...
, Soviet actor and film director, one of the founding fathers of Georgian cinematography, born in Taganrog in 1870 - Faina RanevskayaFaina RanevskayaFaina Georgievna Ranevskaya is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet Russian actors in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms....
, actress, People's Artist of USSR, born in Taganrog in 1896 - Petr ShelokhonovPetr ShelokhonovPetr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, was a Russian actor and director, designated Honorable Actor of Russia .-Childhood:Petr Shelokhonov was born in 1929, in Belarus, then a part of the Soviet Union; Peter Larionovich Shelokhonov...
, Soviet and Russian actor of film and theatre, Honorable ActorMeritorious ArtistMeritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...
of RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, 1960–1967 - Marianna TavrogMarianna TavrogMarianna Yelizarovna Tavrog was a Soviet Russian documentary film director, Honored Artist of Russian Federation.-Biography:Born into a Jewish family on January 16, 1921 in the city of Taganrog, studied in Taganrog. Entered the Teachers' College in Moscow, and after the start of World War II had...
, Soviet Russian documentary film director. Born in Taganrog in 1921. - Vladislav Vetrov, Soviet and Russian actor of film and theatre, Honorable ActorMeritorious ArtistMeritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...
of Russia, 1979 – late 1980s - Alexander Leonidovich VishnevskyAlexander Leonidovich VishnevskyAleksandr Vishnevsky was a Russian actor and one of the founding members of the Moscow Art Theatre.Vishnevsky studied at the Taganrog gymnasium where he befriended the young Anton Chekhov. From 1883 he took part in the performances of the Taganrog Music and Drama Society. Later he acted in the...
, actor, one of the founders of Moscow Art TheatreMoscow Art TheatreThe Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...
, and friend of Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
. Like Chekhov, Vishnevsky was born and studied in Taganrog - Zinoviy VysokovskiyZinoviy VysokovskiyZinovy Moiseevich Vysokovsky was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie actor and variety performer. In 1978 he was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR. He was born in Taganrog, USSR.-Biography:...
, People's Artist of Russia, born and lived in Taganrog in 1932–1956
Art & architecture
- Alexey Adamov, artist, born in Taganrog in 1971
- Seraphima BlonskayaSeraphima BlonskayaSeraphima Ioasonovna Blonskaya was a Russian artist and art teacher.Seraphima Blonskaya was born on October 3, 1870 in Verkhnodniprovsk of Yekaterinovslav Government. In 1875 her family moved to Taganrog...
, artist, 1875–1947 - Victor BregedaVictor BregedaVictor Bregeda is a Russian painter. He was born in the Russian city of Taganrog into a family of painters.He was attracted by the Dutch school of painting. The artists who most inspired him were Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Max Ernst, Nicholas Roerich, and he...
, surrealist artist, born in Taganrog in 1963 - Nikolay Chekhov, artist, brother of Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
, born in Taganrog in 1858 - Maria ChekhovaMaria ChekhovaMaria Pavlovna Chekhova was the sister of playwright Anton Chekhov, a teacher, artist, founder of the Chekhov Memorial House museum in Yalta, and a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.- Biography :...
, artist, sister of Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
, born in Taganrog in 1863 - Natalia DuritskayaNatalia DuritskayaNatalia Duritskaya — Russian painter, member of the Union of Artists of Russia.- Biography :Duritskaya was born in Taganrog on 16 July 1960, and was a student of Leonid Stukanov and Yuri Fesenko. From 1978 to 1982 she studied at the M.B. Grekov Rostov artistic school in , Rostov-on-Don...
, artist, born in Taganrog in 1960 - Valentina Grigorieva, artist, art teacher, born and died in Taganrog (1904–2000)
- Arkhip KuindzhiArkhip KuindzhiArkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi was a Russian landscape painter.Arkhip Kuindzhi was born in January 1841 in Mariupol , but he spent his youth in the city of Taganrog. He grew up in a poor family, and his father was a Greek shoemaker Ivan Khristoforovich Kuindzhi...
, artist, 1860–1865 - Victor Malinka, artist, illustrator of books for children, born in Taganrog in 1935
- Ivan MartosIvan MartosIvan Petrovich Martos was a Russian sculptor and art teacher of Ukrainian origin who helped awaken Russian interest in Neoclassical sculpture....
, studied in the Taganrog Boys GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum... - Konstantin SavitskyKonstantin SavitskyKonstantin Apollonovich Savitsky was a Russian realist painter born in the city of Taganrog in the village Frankovka or Baronovka, named after former governor Otto Pfeilizer-Frank. Today this area is occupied by Taganrog Iron and Steel Factory TAGMET....
, artist, born in Taganrog in 1844 - Fyodor SchechtelFyodor SchechtelFyodor Osipovich Schechtel was a Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer, the most influential and prolific master of Russian Art Nouveau and late Russian Revival....
, architect, three buildings in Taganrog, including the Chekhov LibraryChekhov LibraryChekhov Library in Taganrog is the oldest library in the South of Russia.-Foundation history:... - Dmitri Sinodi-PopovDmitri Sinodi-PopovDmitri Minaevich Sinodi-Popov was a Russian artist of Greek descent.Dmitri Sinodi-Popov was born in the city of Taganrog, where he received a good education at home: violin, French, Italian and Greek languages and was very good at the visual arts. In 1870, Sinodi-Popov entered the St...
, artist, born in Taganrog in 1855 and spent most of his life here - Yuriy Shabelnikov, artist, born in Taganrog in 1959
- Andrei ShtakenschneiderAndrei ShtakenschneiderAndrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider , also spelled Stackenschneider and Stuckenschneider, was a Russian architect. His eclectic approach and competence in period styles is manifest in ten palaces built to his design in St. Petersburg...
, architect of the Alferaki PalaceAlferaki PalaceAlferaki Palace is a museum in Taganrog, Russia, originally the home of rich merchant Nikolay Alferaki. It was built in 1848 by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider in the downtown Taganrog on Frunze Street .... - Nadezhda Shvets, artist, born in Taganrog in 1959
- Vasily Slepchenko, artist, childhood and studies at the Blonskaya art school
- Leonid Stukanov, artist, lived and died in Taganrog in 1998
- Vyacheslav Ushenin, artist, lived and died in Taganrog (1979–2001)
- François Sainte de Wollant, architect, engineer-general, in charge for construction of the Taganrog seaport in 1804
- William Frederick YeamesWilliam Frederick YeamesWilliam Frederick Yeames was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas problem picture And When Did You Last See Your Father?, which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.-Biography:Yeames was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a...
, British painter, born in Taganrog in 1835 - Leonid Yegorov, Russian artist and sculptor, born and died in Taganrog 1848–1890
Authors
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Abramovich, Russian writer, historian of Russian literature, poet, born in Taganrog in 1881
- Vladimir Yakovlevich Abramovich, Russian poet, writer and journalist, born in Taganrog in 1877
- Vladimir Tan-BogorazVladimir BogorazVladimir Germanovich Bogoraz , best known under literary pseudonym N.A. Tan was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia....
, Russian anthropologist and writer, born and lived in Taganrog until 1886 - Igor Bondarenko, Soviet Russian writer, born in Taganrog in 1927
- Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
, playwright and short-story writer, born in Taganrog in 1860 - Yevgeny GarshinYevgeny GarshinYevgeny Garshin was a Russian teacher, novelist, publisher, director of the Commercial College in Taganrog , younger brother of the Russian writer Vsevolod Garshin.-Early years:...
, novelist and publisher, 1900–1911 - Dmitri GirsDmitri GirsDmitry Konstantinovich Girs was a Russian writer.Dmitry Girs was born in Taganrog, where his father was chief of quarantine. Girs’s ancestors were of Swedish origin. His most notable relative was his cousin Nikolai Karlovich Girs, foreign minister in 1882-1894...
, writer, born in Taganrog in 1836 - Igor GrigorievIgor GrigorievIgor Grigoriev, born on January 24, 1955 in Moscow is a musician, composer, arranger, band leader, and improvisational guitarist. He taught himself to play the guitar as a young child, and later obtained his Master's Degree from a music institution in Russia....
, journalist, producer, musician, performer, film director, born in Taganrog in 1966 - Boris Izyumskiy, Soviet writer, studied in Taganrog
- Alexander Korsun, writer, studied and worked in Taganrog, 1826–1837,
- Nestor KukolnikNestor KukolnikNestor Vasilievich Kukolnik was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed as sententious and sentimental. Today, he is best remembered for having contributed to the libretto of the...
, playwright, poet and politician, 1857–1868 - Alexander LakierAlexander LakierAlexander Borisovich Lakier was a Russian historian of German descent who was interested in heraldry.Alexander Lakier was born in the city of Taganrog in 1825. His father, Boris Lakier, a convert from Judaism, was the doctor who certified the death of the late Russian Emperor Alexander I of...
, historian and founder of Russian heraldry, born and died in Taganrog - Vitali Melentiev, Soviet Russian writer, 1918– mid 1930s
- Vatslav MikhalskyVatslav MikhalskyVatslav Vatslavovich Mikhalsky is a Soviet and Russian writer, screen writer and editor.Mikhalsky was born in the city of Taganrog in 1938. In 1965 he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 1975 - higher courses for specialists and cinema directors at Goskino...
, Soviet and Russian writer, screen writer and editor, born in Taganrog in 1938 - Osip NotovichOsip NotovichOsip Notovich was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg University. In 1873-1874, he was the publisher and editor of the newspaper Novoe Vremya...
, writer, born and studied in Taganrog - Boris Semenovich Ostrovsky, author or co-author of all English-teaching schoolbooks published in USSR and Russia, born in Taganrog in 1928
- Valentin OvechkinValentin Ovechkin-Early life:Valentin was born in Taganrog, the son of an office employee. He studied at the Taganrog Technical School from 1913 to 1919. He began writing early, while he was still a member of the Komsomol. His first story Saveliev was published in the newspaper Bednota in 1927. Other early works...
, writer, studied in 1913–1919, 1925–1931 and 1950s - Valentin ParnakhValentin ParnakhValentin Yakovlevich Parnakh was a Russian poet, translator, choreographer, and musician who is best remembered as a founding father of Soviet jazz.- Early years :...
, Poet, translator, choreographer. Founder of the Russian JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music. Born in Taganrog in 1891 - Sophia Yakovlevna ParnokSophia Yakovlevna ParnokSophia Yakovlevna Parnok , was a Russian poet and translator, sister of poet Valentin Parnakh and children's author Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya....
, poet and translator, born in Taganrog in 1885 - Konstantin PaustovskyKonstantin PaustovskyKonstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky was a Russian Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965.-Early life:Konstantin Paustovsky was born in Moscow. His father, descendant of the Zaporizhia Cossacks, was a railroad statistician, and was “an incurable romantic and Protestant”....
, writer, 1916 - Isaac Yakovlevich PavlovskyIsaac Yakovlevich PavlovskyIsaac Yakovlevich Pavlovsky was born in 1853 in the city of Taganrog, friend of Anton Chekhov, studied at a medical institution, was an activist at the Taganrog revolutionary circle and was arrested and tried at the so-called Trial of the 193. Became political immigrant in 1878...
, journalist and writer, born in Taganrog in 1853 - Iosif PrutIosif PrutIosif Leonidovich Prut was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter. Prut was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR .-Biography:...
, playwright, born in Taganrog in 1900 - Alexander Pushkin, poet, stayed in June 1820
- Solomon RubinSolomon RubinSolomon Rubin was a Neo-Hebrew author from Galicia.-Life:He was educated for the rabbinate, but, being attracted by Haskalah and modern learning, he entered upon a business career which lasted about five years...
, Neo-Hebrew author, 1873–1878 - Nikolay Fedorovich Sherbina, poet, 1820s–1850
- Konstantin StaniukovichKonstantin StaniukovichKonstantin Mikhailovich Staniukovich or Stanyukovich was a Russian writer, remembered today mostly for his stories of the Russian Imperial Navy.-Early life:...
, writer 1870–1871 - Mikhail TanichMikhail TanichMikhail Isaievich Tanich was a popular Russian song lyrics writer of Jewish descent, a laureate of the Interior Ministry Award , a laureate of the jubilee contest The Song of the Year devoted to the 25th anniversary of that television program, a laureate of nearly all the annual festivals The...
– poet and songwriter, born in Taganrog in 1923 - Yelizaveta TarakhovskayaYelizaveta TarakhovskayaYelizaveta Yakovlevna Tarakhovskaya was a Russian poet, playwright, translator, and author of children's books.-Biography:Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya was born in the city of Taganrog on July 26, 1891 in a pharmacist's family. She is sister to poetess Sophia Parnok and twin sister to founder of...
, writer, poet, translator, born in Taganrog in 1891 - Ivan VasilenkoIvan VasilenkoIvan Dmitrievich Vasilenko , was a Russian Soviet children's books author.-Early years:Ivan Dmitrievich Vasilenko was born January 20, 1895 in the village of Makeevka, in the former guberniya of Taganrog in a clerk’s family. Seven years later, his family moved to the city of Taganrog proper...
, writer, 1901–1966 - Maximilian VoloshinMaximilian VoloshinMaximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin was a Russian poet and famous Freemason. He was one of the significant representatives of the Symbolist movement in Russian culture and literature...
, Russian poet, early childhood years - Sergey ZvantsevSergey ZvantsevSergey Zvantsev was a Soviet writer, playwright and feuilletonist.- Biography:Born as Alexander Shamkovich on November 2, 1893 in the city of Taganrog in the family of doctor Isaak Shamkovich. His father studied at Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium in the same class with Anton Chekhov and shared the same...
, writer. Born in Taganrog in 1893. - Eugeniusz ŻytomirskiEugeniusz ZytomirskiEugeniusz Żytomirski was a Polish poet, playwright and novelist, born in Taganrog, Russia and died in Toronto, Canada. He was a member of the literary group Kadra.-References:...
, Polish poet, playwright, novelist. Born in Taganrog in 1911
Russian Czars
- Peter IPeter I of RussiaPeter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
(Peter the Great) founder of Taganrog in 1698 - Alexander IAlexander I of RussiaAlexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
died in Taganrog in 1825 - Louise of BadenLouise of BadenElizabeth Alexeievna was the wife of Emperor Alexander I of Russia.-Princess of Baden:...
(Yelizaveta Alexeevna) 1825–1826
Military leaders, statesmen, war heroes, revolutionaries, politicians
- Viktor AnpilovViktor AnpilovViktor Anpilov is a Russian Communist politician and trade unionist. Anpilov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1972. He worked as a Soviet journalist in Latin America. In 1990, Anpilov was nominated as candidate for the Congress of People's Deputies and Moscow city Soviet...
, Russian politician and trade unionist, studied and worked in Taganrog in 1960-1964/ - Boris Mikhailovich Belousov, USSR Minister of Engineering Industry in 1987–1989 and Soviet Minister of Defence Industry in 1989–1991, graduated from the Taganrog University (TSURE) in 1958.
- Peder Bredal or Pyotr Bredal, Russian Navy admiral of Norwegian descent, Commander and founder of Azov Fleet in 1735–1740
- Cornelius CruysCornelius CruysCornelius Cruys was a Norwegian-born Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy and the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet.-Early life and career:...
, Russian Navy admiral of Norwegian descent, Commander of Taganrog's fortress in 1698–1702, 1711 - Anton Denikin, Lieutenant-General, held in Taganrog General Headquarters from August 8, 1919 to December 23, 1919
- Nikolai Dygai, Soviet statesman, studied and worked in Taganrog from 1927 til mid 1930s.
- Ivan Furugelm, (Swedish spelling Johan Hampus FuruhjelmJohan Hampus FuruhjelmJohan Hampus Furuhjelm, was a Finnish-Russian vice-admiral and explorer, commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Governor of the Russian Far East, Taganrog and Russian America.-Early years:...
) vice-admiral, explorer, President of Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1874–1876, Governor of Russian America, 1859–1863 - Kuzma Galitsky
Kuzma GalitskyKuzma Nikitovich Galitsky was a Soviet army general who earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.-Biography:Kuzma Galitsky was born on October 24, 1897 in the city of Taganrog into a worker's family. He studied at the Taganrog Boys Gymnasium, which he graduated from in 1912, and worked at the...
Soviet Army general, born in Taganrog in 1897, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:... - Giuseppe GaribaldiGiuseppe GaribaldiGiuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
, Italian patriot and military leader of Risorgimento, several visits in 1832–1833 - Leonid GobyatoLeonid GobyatoLeonid Nikolaevich Gobyato was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar.-Biography:...
, Russian general, inventor of the first Russian mortar, born and lived in Taganrog until 1887 - Ivan GolubetsIvan GolubetsIvan Karpovich Golubets was a Soviet sailor with the Black Sea Fleet. He was posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union.-Biography:...
, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, born in Taganrog in 1916, studied and worked in Taganrog until WWII - Andrey Grechko, Marshal of USSR, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, military service in Taganrog in 1919–1926 - Victor Grushko, deputy Head of Soviet Committee of State SecurityKGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
in 1987–1991, born in Taganrog in 1930 - Konstantin IgelströmKonstantin IgelströmKonstantin Gustavovich Igelström Russian Decembrist from the noble Swedish family of Igelström.Konstantin Igelstrom was born in the city of Shumsk on 8 May 1799...
, DecembristDecembrist revoltThe Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising took place in Imperial Russia on 14 December , 1825. Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession...
, founded and headed the secret Society of Military Friends in 1818; settled in Taganrog in 1843, where he died in 1851 -
Sir John Noble Kennedy
John Noble KennedyMajor-General Sir John Noble Kennedy GCMG KCVO KBE CB MC was a British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.-Military career:...
, British major-general, Artillery Liaison Officer of the 1 Corps of the anti-Bolshevik White Russian Army, August 1919 – December 24, 1919 - Ivan KrasnovIvan KrasnovIvan Ivanovich Krasnov was a Russian general and author.-Military career:He was born in 1802, son to the general Ivan Kuzmich Krasnov , fellow-fighter of Alexander Suvorov and Matvey Platov. Ivan Ivanovich Krasnov was educated at the boarding-school by Kharkov University. He began military...
, Russian general responsible for defence of Taganrog during Siege of TaganrogSiege of TaganrogThe Siege of Taganrog during the Crimean War was a series of military actions designed to allow the British and the French access to Rostov-on-Don, which was an important city for Russian military operations in the Caucasus.-Prelude:...
in 1855 - Nikolay KrasnovNikolay KrasnovNikolay Ivanovich Krasnov was a major-general of the Imperial Russian Army.Nikolay Krasnov was born in the stanitsa Veshenskaya of the Don Voisko Province into the family of the Ataman of Don Cossack Voisko, lieutenant-general Ivan Krasnov...
, Russian lieutenant-general, hero of Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
, since 1850s until 1900 - Lev KultshitskiyLev KultshitskiyLev Yakovlevich Kulchitsky was a Russian rear-admiral and the 13th governor of Taganrog, member of the Admiralty since 1856.-Awards:*Order of St. George of 4th degree...
, rear-admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1868–1873 - Ivan Kupin, Soviet mayor-general, graduated from Chekhov GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...
, worked in Taganrog. - Pavel Stepanovich KutakhovPavel Stepanovich KutakhovPavel Stepanovich Kutakhov was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union , Honored Pilot of USSR ....
, Commander of USSR air forces since 1964, Marshal of air forces in 1972, twice Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, studied and worked in Taganrog in 1929–1935 - Mikhail Andrianovich LavrovMikhail LavrovMikhail Andrianovich Lavrov was a Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.Mikhail Lavrov was born on September 13, 1799 in the city of Arkhangelsk. He graduated from Cadets Corps in Saint Petersburg and served at the Baltic Fleet. He participated in the voyage of the cargo ship Mezen from...
, admiral, polar explorer, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1857–1864 - Pavel MaksutovPavel MaksutovPavel Petrovich Maksutov was an Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War, 15th governor of Taganrog.Pavel Maksutov was born in Penza into a Russian noble family of Pyotr Ivanovich Maksutov...
, rear-admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1876–1882 - Mikhail MesheryakovMikhail MesheryakovMikhail Mikhailovich Mesheryakov commanded the 136th Rifle Division of the 3rd Guards Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front.-Biography:Mikhail Mesheryakov was born in the city of Taganrog in a worker's family. Served in the Red Army in 1918-1925. Participant of the Russian Civil War. Member of the...
Soviet Army general, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, born in Taganrog in 1896 - Vladimir Mikhaylov, former commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, served at Taganrog air force regiment in 1966–1975
- Maksim MishenkoMaksim MishenkoMaksim Mishenko is a Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma, founder and leader of the youth movement Young Russia.-Biography:Born in the city of Taganrog on July 9, 1977. In 1994 went to Moscow and entered the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, which he graduated in 2000...
, founder and leader of the youth movement Rumol (Young RussiaYoung RussiaYoung Russia is a Russian youth movement founded in April 2005. The movement is known for its protest rallies in front of foreign embassies and for various political rallies in the streets....
), born in Taganrog in 1977 - Semion MorozovSemion MorozovSemyon Grigoryevich Morozov , , Taganrog – 23 February 1943, Taganrog) was commissar of the Taganrog antifascist underground organization . He was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title....
, commissar of Taganrog antifashist resistance in WWII, posthumously Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, born (1914), lived and died (1943) in Taganrog - Boris Orzhikh, revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (organization), 1885–1886
- Pavel PereleshinPavel PereleshinPavel Alexandrovich Pereleshin was a Russian admiral and general.After graduating from the Saint Petersburg Naval Corps in 1834, Pavel Pereleshin served as reefer in the Baltic Fleet on frigate Neva, and was promoted to the rank of warrant officer in the Black Sea Fleet in 1837. In 1839, he...
, rear-admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1865–1866 - Pavel Pustoshkin, vice-admiral, served in Taganrog, commander of shipbuilding yard and commander of the Taganrog seaport in 1769–1789
- Alexandre RemiAlexandre RemiAlexander Gavrilovich Remy was a Russian mayor-general, brother officer of Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov.Alexander Remy was born in 1809 in the city of Saint Petersburg into a Russian noble family Remy of Swiss descent...
, mayor-general, brother officer of Mikhail LermontovMikhail LermontovMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
, 1850s–1871 - Paul von RennenkampfPaul von RennenkampfPaul von Rennenkampf was a Russian general who served in the Imperial Russian Army for over 40 years, including during World War I.-Early career:...
, general of Baltic German descent, 1917–1918 - Boris Rivkin, Soviet mayor-general of aviation, graduate of the Chekhov GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...
. - Pyotr SchmidtPyotr SchmidtPyotr Petrovich Schmidt was one of the leaders of the Sevastopol Uprising during the Russian Revolution of 1905.-Early years:Pyotr Petrovich Schmidt was born in 1867 in Odessa into the family of a naval officer. His father Pyotr Petrovich Schmidt participated in the defense of Sebastopol during...
, revolutionary, 1890–1893 - Georgy SedovGeorgy SedovGeorgy Yakovlevich Sedov was a Russian Arctic explorer.Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa of Taganrog district in a fisherman's family. In 1898, Sedov finished navigation courses in Rostov-on-Don and acquired the rank of long voyage navigator...
, Russian Arctic explorer, born in Taganrog's district in 1877 - Alexey Senyavin, admiral, commander of Taganrog's fortress in 1769–1774
- Yevgeny ShapovalovYevgeny ShapovalovYevgeny Petrovich Shapovalov was a Soviet army general who was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.-Biography:Yevgeny Shapovalov was born on December 25, 1904 in the city of Taganrog into a worker's family...
, mayor-general, born in Taganrog in 1904 - Aleksei SheinAleksei SheinAleksei Semyonovich Shein , Russian commander and statesman, the first Russian Generalissimus, boyar, great-grandson of Mikhail Shein....
, Russian boyar, statesman, the first Russian Generalissimos, 1697–1698 - Ivan ShestakovIvan Shestakov-Early years:Shestakov was born in the village of Syrokorenye in Smolensk Governorate to the Russian noble family of captain-lieutenant Alexey Antonovich Shestakov and Yevdokiya Ivanovna Khrapovitskaya. After finishing his studies at the Naval Cadet Corps , he served in the Black Sea Fleet...
, admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1866–1868 - Nadezhda SigidaNadezhda SigidaNadezhda Konstantinovna Sigida was a Russian revolutionary, heroine of the Kara katorga tragedy of 1889.-Background:...
, revolutionary, born (1862) and lived in Taganrog, executed in 1889 (Kara katorgaKara katorgaKara katorga was the name for a set of katorga prisons of extremely high security located along the Kara River in Transbaikalia and part of the system of Nerchinsk katorga.It existed from 1838 to 1893...
) - Sokrates StarynkiewiczSokrates StarynkiewiczSokrates Starynkiewicz was a Russian general and the 19th President of Warsaw between 1875 and 1892. During his presidency he ordered the construction of municipal water works as well as the tramway and telephone network in Warsaw.-Biography:...
, general and governor of Warsaw, born in Taganrog in 1820 - Fyodor Ushakov, admiral, late 1770s
- Ioannis VarvakisIoannis VarvakisIoannis Varvakis , also known as Ivan Andreevich Varvatsi , was a distinguished member of the Russian and Greek communities, national hero, member of the Filiki Eteria and benefactor of the places where he lived.-Origins, early life:...
, Greek patriot, benefactor and merchant, 1813–1825 - Ippolit VogakIppolit VogakIppolit Konstantinovich Vogak was an Imperial Russian Navy admiral.* captain of the battleship Petr Velikiy in 1874-1880.* promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1883....
, rear-admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1885–1887 - Semion Voskov, Russian revolutionary, died in Taganrog in 1920
- Pavel ZelenoyPavel ZelenoyPavel Alexeevich Zelenoy was a Russian admiral, governor of Taganrog and Odessa.-Military career:Pavel Zelenoy was born into a noble family of captain-lieutenant Alexey Nikolaevich Zelenoy. He graduated from the Naval Cadets Corps in 1851. Zelenoy circumnavigated the globe twice - onboard of...
, rear-admiral, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1882–1885
Music
- Achilles AlferakiAchilles AlferakiAlferaki, Achilles Nikolayevich ; , was a Russian composer and statesman of Greek descent, brother to Sergei Alphéraky. He was born in Kharkov . He spent all of his childhood in the city of Taganrog in the magnificent palace on Catholic Street...
, composer, 1846–1888 - Roman Bilyk, leader of the Russian pop band ZveriZveriZveri is a Russian pop/rock band. Noted for their song "Kvartira" featuring in the video game Grand Theft Auto 4-Biography:Zveri was formed in mid-2002 by Roman Bilyk, the lead singer of the band, better known as Roma Zver'....
, born in 1977 - Adolf Brodsky, violinist, born in Taganrog in 1851
- Juliana Donskaya, songwriter, born in Taganrog in 1974
- Nikolay Lebedev, musician, producer, DJ, born in Taganrog in 1976
- Samuel MaykaparSamuel MaykaparSamuil Moiseevich Maykapar was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and author of outstanding piano practice pieces that became international grand classics....
, composer, pianist and author of many pianoforte pieces for kids, 1867–1885 - Gaetano MollaGaetano MollaGiuseppe Cesare Gaetano Molla was an Italian impresario, conductor, pianist, and opera director. Born in Milan, he first came to prominence as the chorus-master at La Scala. After touring with the opera company to Russia in 1863, he settled in Taganrog where he became director of the Taganrog...
, director of the Italian Opera in Taganrog, 1860s–1880s - Valentin ParnakhValentin ParnakhValentin Yakovlevich Parnakh was a Russian poet, translator, choreographer, and musician who is best remembered as a founding father of Soviet jazz.- Early years :...
, Poet, translator, choreographer. Founder of the Russian JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music. Born in Taganrog in 1891 - Witold RowickiWitold RowickiWitold Rowicki was a Polish conductor. He held principal conducting positions with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.His recordings include:...
, Polish conductor, born in 1914 - Vyacheslav SukVyacheslav SukVáclav Suk, or Váša Suk, or Vyacheslav Suk was a Czech-born Russian violinist, conductor and composer.- Biography :From 1873 to 1879 Váša Suk, who is said to have been related to Joseph Suk, studied...
, Russian violinist, conductor and composer, worked in 1887–1890 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer, frequently stayed in his brother's house (Ippolit Tchaikovsky) in Taganrog
- Sovet Varelas, composer, born in Taganrog in 1923
- Anatoly Zagot, Soviet Russian folk singer, born in Taganrog in 1936
- Vladimir Grigorievich Zakharov, composer, Peoples' Artist of USSR, art director of Pyatnitsky ChoirPyatnitsky ChoirThe Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Chorus was established by Mitrofan Pyatnitsky in 1910 initially with 18 peasants from Voronezh, Ryazan and Smolensk gubernias. The peasant chorus held its first performance at the Small hall of the Moscow Nobility Club on March 2, 1911.Pyatnitsky focused on...
, student of the Chekhov GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...
, 1912–1921 - Vasily ZolotarevVasily ZolotarevVasily Andreyevich Zolotarev , sometimes spelled as Zolotaryov , was a Russian composer, music teacher, and People's Artist of Russia.-Biography:...
, composer, born in Taganrog in 1872
Pilots and Explorers
- Vitus Jonassen Bering, Russian-Danish navigator and explorer, 1711–1712
- Vladimir DzhanibekovVladimir DzhanibekovVladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.He was born in the remote area of Iskandar in Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan. He changed his surname from Krysin when he married to honor his wife's family, which was noble kin of the descendants of the medieval Kazakh...
, space pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, studied at Taganrog State University of Radioengineering and served military service in 1962–1970. - Ivan Furugelm, (Finnish spelling Johan Hampus FuruhjelmJohan Hampus FuruhjelmJohan Hampus Furuhjelm, was a Finnish-Russian vice-admiral and explorer, commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Governor of the Russian Far East, Taganrog and Russian America.-Early years:...
) vice-admiral, explorer, President of Russian-American CompanyRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1874–1876, Governor of Russian America, 1859–1863 - Boris Galitsky, Soviet Russian test pilot, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, born in Taganrog in 1914 - Anatoly Gudzenko, Russian traveler, full member of Russian Geographical SocietyRussian Geographical SocietyThe Russian Geographical Society is a learned society, founded on 6 August 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.-Imperial Geographical Society:Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was known as the Imperial Russian Geographical Society....
, born in Taganrog in 1868 - Mikhail Andrianovich LavrovMikhail LavrovMikhail Andrianovich Lavrov was a Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.Mikhail Lavrov was born on September 13, 1799 in the city of Arkhangelsk. He graduated from Cadets Corps in Saint Petersburg and served at the Baltic Fleet. He participated in the voyage of the cargo ship Mezen from...
, admiral, polar explorer, Governor of TaganrogGovernor of TaganrogThe Governor of Taganrog was the head of the Taganrog borough or governorate , between October 8, 1802 and May 19, 1887....
in 1857–1864 - Anatoly Lomakin, fighter-pilot, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, born in Taganrog in 1921 - Yuri MalyshevYuri MalyshevYury Vasilyevich Malyshev was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast , USSR on August 27, 1941. Studied in Taganrog's high school N24, 1949-1959. Married with two children. Selected as a cosmonaut on May 7, 1967. Retired on July 20, 1988...
, space pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, studied in Taganrog in 1949–1959 - Viktor PugachyovViktor PugachyovViktor Georgiyevich Pugachyov is a Russian test pilot who was the first to show the so called Pugachev's Cobra maneuver of Su-27 to the general public. He was named Hero of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. He graduated from Yeysk military aviation school in 1970. Test-pilot school and MAI...
, Soviet Russian test pilot, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, inventor of the Pugachev's CobraPugachev's CobraIn aerobatics, Pugachev's Cobra is a dramatic and demanding manoeuvre in which a plane flying at a moderate speed suddenly raises the nose momentarily to the vertical position and slightly beyond, before dropping it back to normal flight. It uses a potent engine thrust to maintain approximately...
maneuver on Su-27, born in Taganrog in 1948 - Georgy SedovGeorgy SedovGeorgy Yakovlevich Sedov was a Russian Arctic explorer.Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa of Taganrog district in a fisherman's family. In 1898, Sedov finished navigation courses in Rostov-on-Don and acquired the rank of long voyage navigator...
, Russian Arctic explorer, born in Taganrog district in 1877
Science, Heroes of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
, Business people
- Sergei AlphérakySergei AlphérakySergei Nikolaevich Alphéraky was a Russian ornithologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.Sergei Alphéraky was born into a noble Greek family of Alferakis, brother to composer Achilles Alferaki, his father Nikos Alferakis owned the Alferaki Palace in Taganrog...
, Russian ornithologist and entomologist, in 1850-70s - Yevgeni Andreyev, Privy Councilor, founder of the Russian Technical Society, author of the law for the child labor (1882), born in Taganrog in 1829
- Alexey Astakhov, director of TAGMET, 1921–1984
- Sergey Dmitrievich Balukhatiy, bibliographer, academic, studied in Taganrog
- Robert Bartini, designer of amphibious aircraft, 1946–1952
- Nikolay Apollonovich BelelyubskiNikolay Apollonovich BelelyubskiNikolay Apollonovich Belelyubski was a Russian scientist and the leading designer of bridges in the Imperial Russia.-Biography:...
, engineer, scientist, famous designer of bridges, graduated from Taganrog Boys Gymnasium in 1862 - Georgy Beriev, designer of amphibious aircraft, 1933-1970s
- Nikolay Bogoraz – Russian pioneer of phalloplasty and penile implant surgery, born and studied in Taganrog
- Leonid GobyatoLeonid GobyatoLeonid Nikolaevich Gobyato was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar.-Biography:...
, Russian general, inventor of the first Russian mortar, born and lived in Taganrog until 1887 - Hanon IzaksonHanon IzaksonHanon Ilyich Izakson was a Soviet Russian designer of farm machines who was born in Novo-Bereslav, Kherson Oblast....
, designer of the first Soviet self-propelled farm machines, 1953–1985 - Anatoly Kalyaev, scientist, founder of the research institute of multiprocessing computer systems etc., Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
, 1954–2004 - Alexandre KoyréAlexandre KoyréAlexandre Koyré , sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koiré, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science.-Life:...
, French philosopher, born in Taganrog in 1882 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Lebedev, Russian pilot, aircraft builder, recipient of Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
, founder of Taganrog Airplane Factory, 1915–1916 - Victor LitvinovVictor LitvinovVictor Yakovlevich Litvinov was a Soviet Russian aircraft designer and organizer of the aircraft industry.-Early life:Victor Litvinov was born in the city of Taganrog in 1910. In 1930 he completed his studies in the Taganrog's aviation technical school and was assigned to the Aviation Factory...
, Soviet aircraft designer, responsible for mass production of military aircraft, Minister of the General Engineering Industry in 1965–1973, born in Taganrog in 1910. - Mikhail Nagibin, honorary aircraft builder of the Soviet Union, born in Taganrog in 1930, worked in Taganrog until 1980.
- Vladimir PetlyakovVladimir PetlyakovVladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov was a Soviet aeronautical engineer.Petlyakov was born in Sambek in 1891 , where his father was a local official...
, Soviet aircraft designer, born in a village near Taganrog, studied in Taganrog in 1899–1910 - Boris PodolskyBoris PodolskyBoris Yakovlevich Podolsky , was an American physicist of Russian Jewish descent.-Education:In 1896, Boris Podolsky was born into a poor Jewish family in Taganrog, in what was then the Russian Empire, and he moved to the United States in 1913...
, physicist, born in Taganrog in 1896 - Alexander Samarskiy, mathematician, studied in Taganrog in 1932–1936
- Georgy SergeevGeorgy SergeevGeorgy Sergeev was a Soviet designer of artillery and rocket systems, Hero of Socialist Labor.-Biography:Georgy Ivanovich Sergeev was born on August 30, 1911 in the city of Taganrog.In 1932 Sergeev graduated from the Taganrog Aviation College ....
, Soviet designer of artillery and rocket systems, Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
, born in Taganrog in 1911 - Maria Smith-FalknerMaria Smith-FalknerMaria Natanovna Smith-Falkner was a Soviet economist and statistician of Jewish origin, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1939 onwards...
, economist, born in Taganrog in 1878 - Vladimir Tan-BogorazVladimir BogorazVladimir Germanovich Bogoraz , best known under literary pseudonym N.A. Tan was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia....
, Russian anthropologist and writer, born and lived in Taganrog until 1886 - Nicolai Stepanovitch TurczaninowNicolai Stepanovitch TurczaninowPorphir Kiril Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow was a Ukrainian-Russian botanist who first identified several genera, and many species of plants...
, Russian botanist, 1845-1850s or 1860s - Panayis Athanase VaglianoPanayis Athanase VaglianoPanayis Athanase Vagliano a.k.a. Panaghis Athanassiou Vallianos, was a merchant and shipowner, acclaimed as the 'father of modern Greek shipping'....
, Greek merchant and shipowner
Sports
- Aleksandr BalakhninAleksandr BalakhninAleksandr Nikolayevich Balakhnin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he worked as a goalkeeping coach with FC Vityaz Podolsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1976 for FC Torpedo Taganrog....
, football player, played for FC TaganrogFC TaganrogFC Taganrog is an association football club from Taganrog, Russia, founded in 2006. It is playing, as of 2009, in the Russian Second Division.-Current squad:As of October 5, 2011, according to the .-In:...
in 1975–1976 - Vladimir Dvorkovich, international chess arbiter, chairman of the judge board of Russian Federation, father to Arcady Dvorkovich, born in Taganrog in 1937, graduate of the Chekhov GymnasiumChekhov GymnasiumThe Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...
. - Aleksei GerasimenkoAleksei GerasimenkoAleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....
, Russian football player, born in Taganrog in 1970 - Barys HaravoyBarys HaravoyBarys Alehavich Haravoy is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Torpedo Taganrog.Since 2006 he works as a referee.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2001....
, Russian and Belorussian football player, played for FC TaganrogFC TaganrogFC Taganrog is an association football club from Taganrog, Russia, founded in 2006. It is playing, as of 2009, in the Russian Second Division.-Current squad:As of October 5, 2011, according to the .-In:...
in 1991–1995 - Aleksandr KaratayevAleksandr KaratayevAleksandr Yevgenyevich Karatayev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.In 2009, he managed an Amateur Football League side FC MITOS Novocherkassk...
, Russian football coach and player, born in Taganrog in 1973 - Nikolai Krivun, chess player, Correspondence chessCorrespondence chessCorrespondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through email or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon...
champion of Russia (1972–1973), correspondence chess champion of Europe (1978–83, 1983–88). - Igor Kudelin, Russian basketball player, silver medalist at 1998 FIBA World Championship1998 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Athens, Greece from July 29 to August 9, 1998...
- Oleg Perepetchenov
Oleg PerepetchenovOleg Perepetchenov is a Russian weightlifter.In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, he won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category....
, heavy athlete, bronze medal at the Olympic Games (2004) (category Men's 77 Kilograms), silver medal in the Weightlifting World Championship in 2002, graduate of David RigertDavid RigertDavid Adamovich Rigert is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. Rigert became one of the greatest weightlifters in history. He is Jewish....
's weightlifting school in Taganrog - David RigertDavid RigertDavid Adamovich Rigert is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. Rigert became one of the greatest weightlifters in history. He is Jewish....
, heavy athletics World Champions (6 times), Olympic Champion (1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
), European Champion (9 times), Soviet Union Champion (7 times), 63 world records and 69 USSR records, in Taganrog since 1990s and alderman at Taganrog City Council since 2004 - Igor Saprykin, Finswimming World Champion in 2004, several European Champion and Russia Champion titles, born in Taganrog in 1980
- Aleksandr Savin, Soviet Russian volleyball player, Olympic Champion (silver at 1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
and gold at 1980 Summer Olympics1980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
), born in Taganrog in 1957 - Aleksei Sereda, Russian football player, coach, director of FC TaganrogFC TaganrogFC Taganrog is an association football club from Taganrog, Russia, founded in 2006. It is playing, as of 2009, in the Russian Second Division.-Current squad:As of October 5, 2011, according to the .-In:...
, born in Taganrog in 1966 - Dmitriy Shevchenko, discus thrower, silver medalist at World and European Championships, born in Taganrog in 1968
- Igor SklyarovIgor SklyarovIgor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov is a former Russian footballer. He last worked as an athletic director for FC Sibir Novosibirsk.-Background:...
, former Russian footballer, gold medal as member of the Soviet football team at 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics... - Nadezhda Slavinskaya-BelonenkoNadezhda BelonenkoNadezhda Mitrofanovna Slavinskaya-Belonenko , was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion....
(born Nadezhda BelonenkoNadezhda BelonenkoNadezhda Mitrofanovna Slavinskaya-Belonenko , was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion....
), tennis player, four-time USSR champion, in the national top ten tennis players in 1943–1955 - Sergey SuperataSergey SuperataSergey Superata is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds , a silver , and two bronzes .-References:**...
, canoeist, gold medalist at World and European Championships, Soviet Union Champion, in Taganrog – 1976–1986 - Sergey SyrtsovSergey SyrtsovSergey Alexandrovich Syrtsov is a former Soviet/Russian weightlifter.- Weightlifting achievements :* Senior world champion ;* Senior European champion ;* Set seven world records during his career....
, heavy athlete, 10 world records, silver medalist at 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
and 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, World Champion (2 times), European Champion in 1995, Champion of Russia in 1997, has lived in Taganrog since 1994 - Anatoly Tishchenko, canoeist, gold medalist at European Championship in 1969, gold at World C. in 1970, Soviet Union Champion (9 times), born in 1943 and has lived in Taganrog
- Anatoli Tishchenko (junior)Anatoli TishchenkoAnatoly Tishchenko Tishchenko also won a total of fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds , four silvers , and four bronzes Anatoly Tishchenko Tishchenko also won a total of fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (K-2 500 m:...
, 7-time World Champ (1991–1999), Champion of Russia in 1990– 2004. canoeist, bronze medalist at 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, born in Taganrog - Olga TishchenkoOlga TishchenkoOlga Tishchenko is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan....
, Russian sprint canoer, silver medalist at 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World ChampionshipsThe 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Milan, Italy at the Idroscalo.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all kayak....
in Milan, works in Taganrog - Victoria Voronina, Russian gymnast, gold medalist at 2010 Trampoline World Championships2010 Trampoline World ChampionshipsThe 27th Trampoline World Championships was held at Arènes de Metz in Metz, France from 11 to 13 November 2010.-Medal table:-Medal winners:-Individual:-Double Mini:-Tumbling:-Synchro:-Individual:-Double Mini:-Tumbling:-Synchro:...
, born in Taganrog - Arkady VyatchaninArkady VyatchaninArkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin is an Russian backstroke swimmer. Vyatchanin has lived and trained in Taganrog since 1999 and is a student of the South Federal University...
, swimmer, champion of Europe in 2006 (100-meter backstroke), bronze medalist at 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
has lived and trained in Taganrog since 1999. - Arkady Fyodorovich Vyatchanin, swimmer, nine-time champion of RSFSR, coach of the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
swimming team in 1965–1971, has lived and worked in Taganrog since 1999 - Yuliya Yefimova, swimmer, World Champion, European Champion, has lived and trained in Taganrog