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Taganrog ( Russian : Таганрог ; IPA: [təɡɐnˈrok] ) is a port city in Rostov Oblast , Russia , located on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay ( Sea of Azov ), several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River . Population: 257,681 ( 2010 Census ) ; 281,947 ( 2002 Census ) ; 291,622 ( 1989 Census ) .
The history of the city goes back to late Bronze Age –early Iron Age (between the 20th and 10th centuries BC). It was the earliest Greek settlement in the Northern-Western Black Sea Region , and was mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus as Emporion Kremnoi.
The first Russian Navy base, Taganrog was officially founded by Peter the Great on September 12, 1698 and hosted the Azov Flotilla of Catherine the Great (1770–1783). This flotilla subsequently became the Russian Black Sea Fleet .