Khadjibey ( tr, Hacıbey) was a fortress and a haven by the

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, in the location of the modern city of

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. Other known spellings include Khadzhibey, Khadjibei, Hajibey, Khacdjibei, Hacıbey, Hocabey, Gadzhibei, Chadžibėjus, Codjabey, Kachybey, Kotsiubey, Kotsiubiiv. By one hypothesis, it was named after

Hacı I Giray Hacı I Giray (1397–1466, ruled circa 1441–1466) was the founder of the Crimean Khanate and the Giray dynasty of Crimea. As the Golden Horde was breaking up, he established himself in Crimea and spent most of his life fighting off other warlo ...

. Polish historian suggested the connection of the name of the fortress with the Polish roots linking it with the surname Kociuba, an opinion criticized by . Nadler suggested that a Tatar settlement existed on the site by 14th century but was ceded in the early 15th century to the

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. An early mention of a "port Kaczubyeiow" dated by 1415 is given by

Jan Długosz Jan Długosz (; 1 December 1415 – 19 May 1480), also known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, was a Polish priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków. He is considered Poland's first histor ...

in his ''Historiae Polonicae''.Jan Długosz, ''Historiae Polonicae''
p 367
*''Quote'': "Wladislaus antem Poloniae Rex, necessitati corum satagens pia commiseratione succurere, petitam frumenti quantitatem dat et largitur, et in portu suo Regio Kaczubyeiow, per cos recepiendam, consignat, Datis autem Alexandre Moldauiae Voieuedae et suae consorti donis reuersalibus, et Anna Regina Cracouiam remissa, processit in Camyeniecz..." However it is argued that Długosz erred and the described events (gifting grain by king

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło ()He is known under a number of names: lt, Jogaila Algirdaitis; pl, Władysław II Jagiełło; be, Jahajła (Ягайла). See also: Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło. w ...

to besieged

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

) are reliably documented to be happened in 1413. In 1480 the fortress was captured by the Ottoman Empire. In 1764 the Ottomans reinforced their position by building the

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nearby; it was included in the province of

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. In 1789, during the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian army took the fortress and settlement and in 1792 and the territory was transferred to the Russian Empire.
''Одесса в первые эпохи ее существования''
Одесса, 1893. Reprinted: Odesa, Optimum, 2007, .

References

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