Place:Don Cossacks, Russia

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NameDon Cossacks
Alt namesDon Voisko Landssource: Wikipedia
Don Voisko Province (Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo)source: Wikipedia
Donskago Voĭska Zemli︠a︡source: Family History Library Catalog
Zemli︠a︡ Donskago Voĭskasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeHistorical Territory
Located inRussia
Contained Places
Historical city or town
Cherkassk
Unknown
Taganrog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Don Cossacks or Donians, are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (Donskoye Kazache Voisko), which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic republic in present-day Southern Russia and parts of the Donbas region of Ukraine, from the end of the 16th century until 1918. As of 1992, by presidential decree of the Russian Federation, Cossacks can be enrolled on a special register. A number of Cossack communities have been reconstituted to further Cossack cultural traditions, including those of the Don Cossack Host.

Don Cossacks have had a rich military tradition - they played an important part in the historical development of the Russian Empire and participated in most of its major wars. Don Cossacks (Russian: Донские Казаки) were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don River, Russia. The earliest Don Cossack records date to 14th centuries. Since 1786 the territory was officially called Don Voisko Lands, and was renamed Don Voisko Province (Russian: Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo) in 1870 (presently shared by the Rostov, Volgograd, and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation as well as Luhansk and region of Ukraine).


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