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unusual facts about Cossack host


Okrug

Until 1920s, okrugs were administrative districts in Cossack hosts such as the Don's Cossacks.



see also

Danube Cossacks

the Danube Cossack Host (A Russian Cossack Host that lived in the Budjak Territory from 1828 to 1868)

Novocherkassk Cathedral

Matvey Platov, Vasily Orlov-Denisov, Yakov Baklanov and other atamans of the Don Cossack Host are buried in the church.

Volga Cossacks

Due to the creation of the Tsaritsyn fortified line in the 18th century, the central government decided to form the Volga Cossack Host (Волгское казачье войско) consisting of 1057 families (mostly Don Cossacks) with the center in Dubovka (north of Tsaritsyn).