Domakha

Domakha is a name associated with the mouth of the Kalmius, where the river reaches the Sea of Azov. The estuary was a meeting place between the steppe and the sea, and the Zaporozhian Cossacks used the wider Kalmius country for their winter quarters and economic activities. A fortified Cossack post stood here in the eighteenth century. Archaeological finds place the foundation of the Kalmius fort after 1738, in the years following the Russo-Turkish War.