History of the Don Cossacks

Rostov-on-Don, or simply Rostov, is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.

federal subject of Russia

Novocherkassk () is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as the cultural capital of the Cossacks, and as the official capital of the Don Cossacks. Population:

1928 novel by Mikhail Sholokhov

ethnic group that originated in Southern Russia

independent self-proclaimed anti-Bolshevik republic formed by the Armed Forces of South Russia on the territory of Don Cossacks against another self-proclaimed Don Soviet Republic

oblast of the Russian Empire and RSFSR

1570-1572 war

thumb|Cherkassk houses and Petropavlovsk Church seen from the bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral

former country

1707-1708 Cassock revolt against Russian rule

military unit

men's chorus founded by Serge Jaroff

1918 invasion

subgroup of Don Cossacks

1918 retreat of Don Cossacks during the Russian Civil War