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The Church of St. Nicholas in Taganrog was built in 1778, at the place where the tent of Peter the Great used to stand. In addition, there is a wonderful bell that bears the romantic nickname "foggy" . However, not only his nickname is romantic, but also destiny. It was cast in Taganrog from captured Turkish cannons, this bell once traveled along the Taganrog-Sevastopol-Paris-Taganrog route, which took him more than a century.

In 1777, Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Azov Flotilla, Fyodor Alekseevich Klokachev turned to archbishop of Slavic Eugene with a petition for the construction of a temple for sailors in Taganrog. The church was to be consecrated in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the patron saint of seafarers and fishermen. The church authorities were sympathetic to this request, and the temple was consecrated the following year.

Nikolsky Cathedral was for a while a cathedral, before the construction of the Assumption Cathedral of Taganrog. In 1844 the church had a new wooden bell tower, and a year later a stone three-tiered bell tower was erected in the name of the holy martyr Paraskeva. The territory adjacent to the church was also landscaped.

During the years of the Crimean War, on May 22, 1855, the city was fired. The most obvious evidence is the fact that the bombs are stuck in the wall of the St. Nicholas Church.

During the Second World War, part of the church was completely destroyed by fire. And after the war, in 1957, in peacetime, the upper tiers of the bell tower were barbarously blown up. The restoration of the church took place only in the 90s, thanks to the titanic efforts of the rector of the church Alexander Fedorovich Klyunkov and the elder Anna Nikolaevna Sysoeva.

During the years of the Crimean War, on May 22, 1855, the city was fired. The most vivid evidence is the fact that the bombs stuck in the wall of the St. Nicholas Church

Today St. Nicholas Church is a wonderful example of a parish church in the style of classicism with elements of the Empire. In St. Nicholas Church, you can worship the relics of St. Blessed St. Paul of Taganrog. A particular mention deserves one of the bells of the temple, called "foggy."

He peeled off as local masters in 1778 from captured Turkish guns, which in itself is quite interesting. The bell showed the patrons of the sailors - Saint Nicholas and St. Fock. The name "foggy" is explained by the fact that it was called in bad weather to give a signal to the sailors.

During the Crimean War Alexander I ordered the bell to be sent to Sevastopol, for the church of St. Nicholas under construction there. After the war, the Franco-British troops took the bell to Paris. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1913 the bell was returned to Taganrog, and was greeted with a religious procession and a solemn moleben

St. Nicholas Church

Address: st. Shevchenko, 28. The church is open every day from 8:00 to 17:00.