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unusual facts about Don Cossacks



Ice March

On 20 November, not long after the Communists took control in central Russia, the Don Krug declared its independence.

Iona Yakir

In October 1918, he served as a member of the Revolutionary Council of the 8th army in the Southern Front and simultaneously commanded the Southern Front's several key formations in operations against the Don Cossacks of Pyotr Krasnov.

Pyotr Krasnov

On January 17, 2008, Victor Vodolatsky, Ataman of Don Cossacks and a deputy of the United Russia party in the Russian Duma signed a controversial decree regarding creation of a workgroup for rehabilitation of Pyotr Krasnov.

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).


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