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Don Host Oblast
1786–1920 unit of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don Host Oblast[lower-alpha 1] was a province (oblast) of the Russian Empire which consisted of the territory of the Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with present-day Rostov Oblast in Russia. Its administrative center was Cherkassk, and later Novocherkassk.[2]
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Don Host Oblast Область Войска Донского | |||||||||||
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Oblast of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
1786-1920 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Novocherkassk | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• | 162,888.57 km2 (62,891.63 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• | 1,712,898 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1786 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1920 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Russia |
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It comprised the areas where the Don Cossack Host settled in the Russian Empire. From 1786, the territory was officially named Don Host Land (Russian: Земля Войска Донского, romanized: Zemlya Voyska Donskogo), renamed Don Host Oblast in 1870.[3]
During 1914, the oblast, with an area of 164,000 km², had about 3.9 million inhabitants.[1] Of these, 55% (2.1 million) were Cossacks in possession of all the land; the remaining 45% of the population being townsfolk and agricultural guest labourers from other parts of Russia.[citation needed]
It was abolished in 1920; from the major part of it the Don Oblast of the RSFSR was created, which was incorporated into the North Caucasus Krai in 1924.[3]