Ternivka

Ternivka lies where the Velyka Ternivka River meets the Samara, east of Pavlohrad. The settlement was founded in 1775, when the governor of Azov ordered thorn thickets cleared and a sloboda established here. Its name recalls the blackthorn growing in the area. The river and its valley formed part of the network of settlements spreading through the Samara basin after the end of the Zaporozhian Sich.