Don Cossacks
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Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the lower and middle Don River, Russia. This population was formed in the second half of the sixteenth century, largely by runaway peasants. By the end of the century they were granted certain privileges in exchange for frontier military service as the Don Cossack Voisko. Since 1786 the territory was officially called Don Voisko Lands, and was renamed Don Voisko Province (Russian: Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo) in 1870.
[edit] Don Cossacks houses (Kuren')
Don Cossacks house in khutor Kruzhilinsky, Rostov oblast |
Don Cossacks house in khutor Kalininsky, Rostov oblast |
Interior of Don Cossacks house in stanitsa Karginskaya, Rostov oblast |
Summer oven out of doors of Don Cossacks house in stanitsa Veshenskaya, Rostov oblast |
[edit] See also
Cossacks in Turkeyde:Donkosaken ko:돈 코자크 기병대 ja:ドン・コサック軍 pl:Kozacy dońscy ru:Донские казаки fi:Donin kasakat
