in 1764 the turks built here. and golovatova.s immediately established the most friendly relations with the local residents. soon after the assault, daribas and his officers peacefully drank coffee in the only khadzhibey coffee shop, generously paying its owner. in 1791, according to the treaty of jassy khadzhibey with the entire ochakov region went over to russia. the spanish 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,