Taganrog II (Russian: Таганрог-II) is a railway station in Taganrog, Rostov oblast, Russia. It is a terminal station for the Rostov-on-Don — Taganrog railway. The station host only suburban trains from Rostov-on-Don. International polytechnic museum is located on the second floor. Among the showpieces of museum there are English projection camera 19th century, soviet television set КVN-49, radiogramMir and others.[1]
History
Taganrog railway station in 1865
Two-story station building was built with red brick in 1869 to a design by Sergei Zagoskin. Plaster was not applied. The facade is decorated with ornamental setting.[2] The station building is a classic example of red-brick eclecticism, which was popular in Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don. The construction of the station was funded and managed by a famous businessman Jacob Polyakov. The works with his involvement started on 23 June 1869 and lasted until December 1869.[3]
The building is considered almost pristine to this day. Only a one-story separate annex was lost. Uneven windows, arched oriels, attics are certainly a colorful station feature. Station layout was small, but passengers on platforms were protected by a special appentice[clarification needed] from the sun and rain. Station chapel was built to the left of the terminus in 1904. In the 1920s it was destroyed. Station Taganrog II had a locomotive depot for 12 steam locomotives with outdoor turntable.[3]
The opening ceremony of the railway station took place on 4 January 1870. Almost 100 years it was the only railway station in Taganrog. After building the second station Taganrog Passazhirsky (former Taganrog I) the station was renamed in Taganrog II.[2]
Dilapidated station building was transferred to the ownership of North Caucasus Railway of Ministry of Railways. Precarious state of station has enabled to make a film Old gun (Russian: Старое ружьё) about Nazi occupation of Taganrog. After the shoot the terminus was restored.[4]
