Avhats ( Avkhets , Euhets, Lipoksai among some authors) - according to Herodotus , a Scythian tribe descended from Lipoksay, the eldest son of Targitai . According to Pliny the Elder, “Avhet live in the mainland, in the possessions of which Gipanis originates”. In the upper reaches of the Gipanis in the Scythian period there were many monuments rich in various antique imports, which was explained by the direct and short way connecting the land of bread exporters with Olbia . This circumstance explains the later testimony of Valery Flaccus about the wealth of the legendary Avkha, the founder of the avhat. Closely side by side with paralates .