in 1791, according to the treaty of jassy khadzhibey with the entire ochakov region went over to russiah nobleman xase de ribos came from a noble catalan family and was fluent in six foreign languages. having entered the russian service, he began to be called joseph mikhailovich derebas. participating in the russian-turkish war of 1787, he showed himself to be a brave, experienced officer, for which he was soon promoted to major general. 5 years after the capture of khadzhibey, deribas submitted to the highest discretion a project to build a new military trade port on this site. catherine ii did not hesitate to make a decision. catherine ii signed the script for the construction of a new military harbor on the site of the village of khadzhibey on may 27, 1794, according to the old style. the construction of the new port was entrusted to diribas himself and the engineer. the empress entrusted general supervision of the work to our famous commander alexander vasilyevich. revision of the maternal heritage, completely stopped financing the construction of the odessa port. in 1799, new misfo