Eniçe

Eniçe lay by the narrow strait separating the mainland from the Arabat Spit, between the Sea of Azov and the salt waters of the Syvash. The crossing gave access to the long sand spit leading towards Crimea. In 1784 an imperial decree called for a blockhouse at Yenichi to guard the crossing. The surrounding roads also carried salt from the lakes of the northern Azov coast and Crimea to markets farther inland.