page_title: Achilles Alferaki
section_title: Mayor of Taganrog
hierarchical_section_title: Achilles Alferaki / Mayor of Taganrog
caption_attribution_description: English: Alferaki Palace in Taganrog, Russia. Français&#160;: Le Palais d'Achilles Alferaki à Taganrog, en Russie.
context_page_description: Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki was a Russian composer and statesman of Greek descent. His brother was Sergei Alphéraky.
context_section_description: In 1880, Alferaki was elected Mayor (городской голова) of Taganrog. During his tenure, he made many useful public affairs. He made Taganrog beautiful and clean and took part in establishing different charitable institutions. During his mayor’s period of office, the city's streets and roads were covered with cobblestones, trees were planted along the pavements, and the first boulevards were introduced. Mayor Alferaki contributed to the establishment of The Society for the Relief of the Aged Poor, established in 1883, and to development of elementary education system in the city.
  At the city council meetings, Achilles Nikolaevich Alferaki introduced many new proposals. Some of them looked fantastic and wasteful for Taganrog's politicians, but some of them were realized. For example, Alferaki's proposals to erect a monument to Peter I The Great and to make a major reconstruction of Taganrog's harbor were realized.
  Even his mayoralty could not make him forget his passion - the music. He took part in the activity of Taganrog's Music and Dramatic Society. The first music classes and a symphony orchestra, directed by famous hand-master and composer Václav Suk opened in Taganrog.
caption: The Alferaki Palace in Taganrog.
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