Tokmak

Tokmak stands on the river of the same name, a tributary of the Molochna in the steppe north of the Sea of Azov. The settlement, long known as Velykyi Tokmak, dates its foundation to 1784, when settlers arrived as the Russian Empire organised the newly acquired Taurida lands. For a time it served as the administrative centre of the Melitopol district before that seat moved elsewhere.