It is also connected by rail with Kalach on the Don, where merchandise from the Sea of Azov is disembarked.
The Sea of Azov is exceedingly shallow, being only about 6 fathoms in its deepest part, and it is largely influenced by the river Don.
But Taganrog was not to be refortified, and Russia was to have no war-ships on the sea of Azov or the Black Sea.
He pushed his conquests to the Caucasus, and established Russian colonies upon the Sea of Azov.
For its significance as a former (geologic) connexion between the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea, see Caspian Sea.
