Huliaipole
Huliaipole lies on the Haichur River in the steppe north of the Sea of Azov. Its name evokes an open, roaming field, and the area was known for fairs before a permanent military settlement arose. A Russian outpost was established here in the 1770s as part of a defensive line facing the Crimean Khanate; in 1785 it was expanded into a state military settlement on former Zaporozhian lands.