Lessons from History
The founding of the Taganrog harbor: From idea to realization
Avakov P. A.
Archival documents and blueprints provide the basis for this reconstruction of the building of the first Russian artifi cial harbor, the Taganrog port, a unique hydro-engineering project of the Petrine era. Unanticipated difficulties caused delays in 1697-1698, and the actual construction of the harbor commenced in 1699 under the direction of Mattia Millankovig (Matvei Simontov in Russian). Peter I participated in the design work. The episode offers new perspectives on the process of transmission
Key words: hydro engineering, Mattia Millankovig (Matvei Simontov), Peter the Great, Taganrog, Taganrog harbor, the Azov Fleet, the Azov Sea, the first Russian seaport, the North-Eastern Azov Sea area
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Avakov P. A., The founding of the Taganrog harbor: From idea to realization,
Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki [Studies in History of Science and Technology],
2016, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 298-311
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