Taganrog is one of the most picturesque cities in the Rostov region, located on the shores of the Azov Sea, or rather, in the Taganrog Bay. It is considered a truly "tasty" resort in the south of Russia. Taganrog was founded in 1698, and it received the status of a city in 1775. The population, as of the beginning of 2014, was 253, 587 thousand people.
Geographical position of Taganrog
Taganrog, belonging to the Rostov region, is located in the southeastern part of the Miussky Peninsula, which, in turn, juts out into the Taganrog Bay of the relatively small Sea of Azov. Inside the city, its old and new parts are divided. The first, historical, is the Taganiy Rog cape or "cape with a lighthouse."
The area near Taganrog is characterized by flatness, but there are also some parts of the city and its environs, the height of which reaches 50 meters above sea level. Two small rivers with very interesting names flow through Taganrog - Big and Small Turtle.
Like the entire Rostov region, as well as the Russian capital, Taganrog is located in the UTC + 4 time zone. The area occupied by the city is 80 square meters. km, and the average population density of each of them is 3, 62 thousand people.
How to get to Taganrog via Moscow
The easiest way to get to Taganrog from Moscow is by flight from the capital to the small airport in the Rostov region "Taganrog Yuzhny" by plane of the Yamal airline. Another way is to fly to the capital of the region, and from there come to the city by bus or taxi.
If for some reason you are not satisfied with the flight (price or fear of flights), you can also use the services of Russian Railways. First, you will need to get by rail to the Rostov Glavny station in Rostov-on-Don. A large number of trains follow from Moscow to the city - 126E (final point of arrival in Novorossiysk and travel time 22:11 hours), branded 004C "Kavkaz" (Kislovodsk and travel time 16:08 hours), branded 104B (Adler and 15: 57 hours), 012M "Anapa-Moscow-Anapa" (Anapa and 16:10 hours, 102M (Anapa, 16:38), 030C (arrival in Novorossiysk and travel time 16:44), 144H (Kislovodsk and 19:14), 382Ya (Grozny and 23:39), as well as several others passing through Rostov-on-Don. From the city's railway station, then you need to get to the bus station, where you change to a bus going directly to Taganrog.
The distance that will need to be covered on the way to Taganrog from Moscow by car is 1,100 kilometers. The road runs through Tula, Voronezh, Shakhty and quite close to the Russian-Ukrainian border. First, from the capital you will need to go to the Kashirskoe highway, then to the federal highway M4, highway A280, which will lead you directly to Taganrog.
