Taganrog, a Russian seaport on the N. shore of the Sea of Azov; is the outlet for the produce of a rich agricultural district, wheat, linseed, and hempseed being the chief exports. Founded by Peter the Great in 1698.
Population (circa 1900) given as 50,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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