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The Central Municipal Public Library named after Anton Chekhov
Центральная городская публичная библиотека имени А.П.Чехова
The Chekhov Library inaugurated in January 2010
Location	Ulitsa Petrovskaya 96, Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Type	Public library
Established	1876
Branches	14
Collection
Size	1.34M
Access and use
Circulation	1.6M
Population served	Taganrog
Members	76,000
Other information
Director	Mrs.Tatyana Alexeevna Mikheeva (Russian: Михеева Татьяна Алексеевна)
Website	www.taglib.ru

Chekhov Library in Taganrog (full name The Central Municipal Public Library named after Anton Chekhov, Russian: Центральная городская публичная библиотека имени А.П.Чехова) is the oldest library in the South of Russia.

Foundation history

The public library along with a small bookstore were officially inaugurated on 23 May 1876 by the Governor of Taganrog Admiral Johan Hampus Furuhjelm. In March 1878, the Public Library moved into another building granted by the City Council on Petrovskaya Street.

School years of Anton Chekhov

Among the first subscribers were the writer Anton Chekhov, historian Pavel Filevsky, Vladimir Bogoraz, artists Seraphima Blonskaya and Dmitri Sinodi-Popov.

Books from Chekhov the writer

In 1890, mayor of Taganrog Konstantin Foti asked Chekhov to send his books with author's dedications to the Taganrog Public Library.

The Chekhov Library and Museum

In 1904, following Chekhov's death, the library was named after the playwright and short-story writer. The music department of the library is located at the historical Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog.

Gallery

• The old City Hall, home to the City Public Library in 1876–1877, photo taken in 2006.
• Taganrog public library, between 1878 and 1910.
• The project of the Chekhov Library & Museum in Taganrog designed by the architect Fyodor Schechtel (1911)
• Chekhov Library & Museum on an old postcard (photo taken between 1911 and 1917).
• The Chekhov Library until 2008.
• Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog used as Foreign & Music Dept. of Chekhov Library. Photographed in 2010.

References

• Filevskii, Pavel (1898) Istoriya goroda Taganroga. Moskva: Tipo-lit. K. F. Aleksandrova
• Encyclopedia of Taganrog, second edition, Taganrog, 2003.
• The official Chekhov Public Library web site.

External links

• Official homepage

v t e Landmarks and tourist attractions in Taganrog, Russia
Museums	Alferaki Palace Museum of Art Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov Museum of Architecture and Urbanism Ivan Vasilenko Museum Chekhov Gymnasium Anatoly Durov Museum Chekhov Shop The Family Seat Military museum
Monuments	Peter I Monument Alexander I Statue Chekhov Monument Monuments to Chekhov's Heroes Garibaldi Monument Great Patriotic War Monuments Gully of Petrushino Memorial Lenin Monument Monument to Defenders of Taganrog in 1855 Ranevskaya Monument
Related to Anton Chekhov or Chekhov family	Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov Chekhov Gymnasium Taganrog Theatre Chekhov Shop Alexandrovskiye Trade Rows Greek Church and Greek School Gorky Park (Taganrog) Chekhov Monument Peter I Monument Chekhov Library The Family Seat
Churches	St.Nicholas Church All Saints Church
Destroyed landmarks	Assumption Cathedral Cherepakha Islet Greek Monastery Greek Church and Greek School House with Bullets Old Stone Steps Taganrog Fortress Taganrog Old Prison Yelizavetinsky Park
Historical buildings or mansions	Alexander I Palace Avgerino mansion Kelya of Saint Pavel of Taganrog Mariinskaya Gymnasium Rafailovich mansion Shakhmatov House Tchaikovsky House Taganrog Old Station Country Court
Other	Pushkin Embankment City bar in Taganrog Taganrog Old Cemetery Chapel of Saint Pavel of Taganrog
Related articles	History of Taganrog List of People in Taganrog

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• Libraries in Russia
• Museums in Taganrog
• Library buildings completed in 1911
• Anton Chekhov
• Literary museums in Russia
• 1911 establishments in the Russian Empire
• Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast
• Libraries established in 1876