Vosstaniya Square or Rebellion Square () is a
city square
A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Rel ...
of
Taganrog
Taganrog (, ) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don (river), Don River. It is in the Black Sea region. Population:
Located at the site of a ...
.
Geography
Vosstaniya Square is situated within the area between Frunze Street, Smirnovsky Lane, Oktyabrskaya Street and the facade of the
Railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
with its adjacent buildings.
[''Киричек М. С.'' По ладоням твоих площадей. — Таганрог: Лукоморье, 2007. — 166 с. — .]
History
Formerly the area was called Fair Square. Until the 1860s, there was a plot of land for pasturing cattle.
With the construction of the railway and railway station, the adjacent territory began to be quickly built up. From the side of the Gymnasium Street (now Oktyabrskaya Street), the square was limited to the courtyard of the Archangel Michael Church, the building of the
Raftopulo Hotel and Belov's House.
On the site of today's intercity bus station there were forest warehouses where cooperative trade was conducted. The entire station square turned into a trading place with dozens of shops and stalls. In one of them in the summer of 1873 the schoolboys brothers Alexander and
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...
conducted trade.
[''Киричек М. С.'' Восстания площадь // Таганрог. Энциклопедия. — Таганрог: Антон, 2008. — С. 266. — .]
In 1935, a square was laid out here and a monument to Lenin was erected. In the same year the square received a new name - Vosstaniya Square - in memory of the armed uprising of January 1918. This name did not catch on then, the Taganrogs continued to call the Square of the Railway Station. Secondly, the name of the area of the Uprising was confirmed on February 13, 1958. In 1976 the Steam Engine Monument was erected here.
[''Волков С.'' На вечной стоянке // Техника молодёжи. — 1977. — № 6.]
Gallery
File:2013 Taganrog chasovnya Kazansk 01.jpg, Kazan Icon of Mother of God Chapel at the square
File:Locomotive monument at the Vosstaniya Square, Taganrog 2.jpg, Steam Engine Monument
File:Locomotive monument at the Vosstaniya Square, Taganrog 1.jpg, Steam Engine Monument
References
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Squares in Russia
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast
Taganrog