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    Memorial museum "Birth House of Anton Chekhov" in Taganrog

    Taganrog is the second largest city in Rostov Oblast, Russia known as the home city of Anton Chekhov.

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    By plane

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    • 1 Taganrog Yuzhny Airport (TGK  IATA). A small regional airport with flights only from Moscow and a few local villages. Taganrog Yuzhny Airport (Q966235) on Wikidata
    • 2 Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV IATA), nearby Rostov-on-the-Don. Might be a much better option for arrival by air is to take a flight to the larger, which have good international connections with Europe. Rostov-on-Don Airport (Q1432638) on Wikidata Rostov-on-Don Airport on Wikipedia

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    Reaching Taganrog by rail usually requires a change of trains in Rostov-on-the-Don which is an important rail hub. A few direct trains heading to the Black Sea cost makes stop-overs here but they are usually only running during summer season. However, commuter trains from Rostov-on-the-Don departs hourly during the day with a journey time of just two hours.

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    There is also a developed network of shuttle bus service from Rostov-on-the-Don and other neighboring cities and villages of Rostov Oblast and across the border from Ukraine.

    By car

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    • When traveling from Moscow, take federal route M4 up to Rostov-on-the-Don, after Rostov take route Е58-М23 in direction of Taganrog (around 45 miles).
    • When traveling from Ukraine, pass through Mariupol, Novoazovsk and cross the border checkpoint at Novoazovsk. After the Ukainian/Russian border, go around 35 miles on route M23 to Taganrog.

    Get around

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    Taganrog trams
    • Taganrog's main and most popular public transport is tramway. It has a network of 9 lines.

    See

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    There are eight museums in the city: Alferaki Palace, Taganrog Museum of Art, Birth house of Anton Chekhov memorial museum, Taganrog City Architectural Development Museum, Ivan Vasilenko Museum, Chekhov Gymnasium, Anatoly Durov Museum, The Chekhov Shop.

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    Theaters

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    Taganrog Chekhov Drama Theater

    Parks

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    Gorky Park in Taganrog, main entrance
    • Gorky Park (downtown Taganrog, main entrance from crossing of Petrovskaya and Spartakovski streets). day & night. free of charge.
    • Primorsky Park, Instrumentalnaya Street. free of charge.

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    Eat

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    • Freken Bok Cafe (Кафе Фрекен Бок), Turgenevsky 24, +7 8634 310440. The cafe for children and grown-ups stylized using the theme of Astrid Lindgren's "Karlsson-on-the-Roof". Named after Fröken Hildur Bock, the Lillebror's sitter. The book of the Swedish writer became a huge success in the Soviet Union after the 1968 and 1970s cartoons where Fröken Bock was voiced by the Taganrog-born actress Faina Ranevskaya.

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