Don Host Oblast[a] 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]
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]
Administrative divisions
The districts (okrugs) of the Don Host Oblast in 1897 were as follows:
| District | Capital | Area | Population (1897 census) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transliteration name | Russian Cyrillic | |||
| Donetsky | Донецкій | Kamenskaya | 24,659.3 square versts (28,063.8 km2; 10,835.5 mi2) | 455,819 |
| 1st Don | 1-й Донской | Konstantinovskaya | 15,415.9 square versts (17,544.3 km2; 6,773.9 mi2) | 271,790 |
| 2nd Don | 2-й Донской | Nizhne-Chirskaya | 23,219.7 square versts (26,425.5 km2; 10,202.9 mi2) | 239,055 |
| Rostovsky | Ростовскій | Rostov-on-Don | 6,012 square versts (6,842 km2; 2,642 mi2) | 369,732 |
| Salsky | Сальскій | Velikoknyazheskaya | 18,961.0 square versts (21,578.8 km2; 8,331.6 mi2) | 76,297 |
| Taganrogsky | Таганрогскій | Taganrog | 12,229.4 square versts (13,917.8 km2; 5,373.7 mi2) | 412,995 |
| Ust-Medveditsky | Усть-Медведицкій | Ust-Medveditskaya | 18,082.6 square versts (20,579.1 km2; 7,945.6 mi2) | 246,830 |
| Khopersky | Хоперскій | Uryupinskaya | 15,861.4 square versts (18,051.3 km2; 6,969.6 mi2) | 251,498 |
| Cherkassky | Черкасскій | Novocherkassk | 9,750.3 square versts (11,096.4 km2; 4,284.4 mi2) | 240,222 |
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References
- 1 2 3 Донщина / А. І. Жуковський // Енциклопедія Сучасної України [Електронний ресурс] / Редкол. : І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ. – К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2008.
- ↑ Smele, Jon (2015). Historical dictionary of the Russian civil wars, 1916-1926. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 334. ISBN 9781442252813.
- 1 2 "Область Войска Донского". Soviet Historical Encyclopedia. pp. 395–396.
- ↑ "Annex. Statistical indicators reference". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 2024-03-06.