May 17-19, 2011 The official delegation of the Canadian Embassy in Russian Federation, headed by John Sloan, Canadian Ambassador to Russia
and his spouse, Martine Sloan visited Rostov Oblast.
The city of Taganrog was also on the official program of Martine Sloan, the First Lady of the Canadian Embassy, on May 18, 2011. Mrs. Sloan visited the main attractions, especially the memorial sites to Anton Chekhov.
On her tour around the city, Martine Sloan was accompanied by Mayor Fedyanin, Vice-Mayor Lipovenko and Foreign Relations Officer Mirgorodskiy. Mrs. Sloan visited the memorial Chekhov Birth House museum, Taganrog Museum of Art, Alferaki Palace, Chekhovs' Shop museum, and sat at Anton Chekhov’s bench in Chekhov Gymnasium - Literary museum.