May 23, 2025: on May 21, the celebration of the 170th anniversary of the repulse of the Anglo-French landing on Taganrog during the Crimean War of 1853-1856 took place in the city.

A thanksgiving in honor of this memorable event took place in the local St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church. After that, flowers were laid to the Memorial to the Defenders of Taganrog in the Crimean War, erected in 2005 near the walls of the church.


On June 3, 1855, an Anglo-French flotilla bombarded the port of Taganrog in order to destroy the provisions for besieged Sevastopol that were kept in government buildings. Although by mid-afternoon all the stores along the quay had been set ablaze, the town's garrison resisted the landing, not letting destruction be spread further into downtown.

In 2016-2019, the "Defense of Taganrog in 1855" festival was held in the historic downtown area of Taganrog.