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Don Cossacks

Don Cossacks (Russian: Донские казаки, romanized: Donskiye kazaki, Ukrainian: Донські козаки, romanized: Donski kozaky) or Donians (Russian: донцы, romanized: dontsy, Ukrainian: донці, romanized: dontsi), are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (Russian: Донское казачье войско…

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Russia: Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts
1,500,000 in 1918; 140,000 in 2010

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related to history · 28
Don Cossacks → After, Battle, Christians, Crimean Tatar, Don, Don River, From, Golden Horde, In, Jassi, Khazar Kaghanate, Khazars, Kosogi, Many Scythian, Middle Ages, More, Novgorod Republic, Polovtsians, Principality, Russian
related to Turkic theory · 23
Don Cossacks → Cossacks, Donskoy, Donskoy Monastery, Golden Horde, Gordeyev, He, Khans, Meshchera, Meshchera Tatars, Mirtov, Mishar Tatars, Orda, Orlov, Russian, Russian Cossacks, Russified Tatars, Shtekl, Some, Tatars, Tatishchev
related to Further reading · 21
Don Cossacks → Bealby, Cahiers, Conduct Merciless Mass Terror, Decossackization, Don, Elena Fursa, Encyclopædia Britannica, In JSTORNoël Bonneuil, Jan, John Thomas, June, Kropotkin, Monde, Nuptiality, Oxford Economic Papers, Peter Alexeivitch, Peter Holquist, South Russia, Territory, The
related to Origins · 17
Don Cossacks → As, Cossacks, Dnieper, Don Cossack, Gotho-Alans, In, North Caucasus, Novgorod Republic, Povolzhye, Principality, Russian, Ryazan, Slavic, Steppes, The, Turkic, Ukrainian
related to 18th–19th centuries · 14
Don Cossacks → After, Cherkassk, Don Cossack, Don Host Land, Don Host Oblast, In, Luhansk, New Cherkassk, Novocherkassk, Rostov, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Volgograd, Voronezh
related to Religion · 9
Don Cossacks → Ataman, Don Eparchy, Even, However, Matvei Platov, Most Don Cossacks, Popovtsy Old Believers Family, Russian Orthodox, Starovers
related to Flag of Don Cossacks · 7
Don Cossacks → Ataman Pyotr Krasnov, Don Republic, May, Novocherkassk, The, The Don Cossacks, Ukrainian State
related to External links · 6
Don Cossacks → Capital, Don CossacksKuban, Doncossacks, History, Novocherkassk, The Don Cossack Museum
related to Genocide and Don Cossacks · 6
Don Cossacks → Carried, CircassiansGenocides, DecossackizationEthnic Cleansing, Kiev, Soviet Union, Soviet UnionPopulation
related to Coat of arms · 5
Don Cossacks → Arms, Don Republic, It, September, The Don Cossacks Coat

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don cossacks cossack russian army war host red part ukrainian russia kuban units regiments cavalry corps world german century 1918

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Don CossacksRussia: Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts1,500,000 in 1918; 140,000 in 20101.00infobox
the 94th Beloglisnkyinstance ofCossack units0.80text
152nd Rostovskyinstance ofCossack units0.80text
48th Belorechensky regiments fought to their death.In the opening phase of the warinstance ofCossack units0.80text
during the German advance towards Moscowinstance ofCossack units0.80text
Cossacks were extensively used for raids behind enemy linesinstance ofCossack units0.80text
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesAfter0.60section
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesDon Host Land0.60section
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesDon Host Oblast0.60section
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesRostov0.60section
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesVolgograd0.60section
Don Cossacksrelated to 18th–19th centuriesVoronezh0.60section

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