Don Host Province
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.
During 1914, the oblast, with an area of 164,000 km², had about 3.9 million inhabitants. 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.
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.
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 km; 10,835.5 sq mi) | 455,819 |
| 1st Don | 1-й Донской | Konstantinovskaya | 15,415.9 square versts (17,544.3 km; 6,773.9 sq mi) | 271,790 |
| 2nd Don | 2-й Донской | Nizhne-Chirskaya | 23,219.7 square versts (26,425.5 km; 10,202.9 sq mi) | 239,055 |
| Rostovsky | Ростовскій | Rostov-on-Don | 6,012 square versts (6,842 km; 2,642 sq mi) | 369,732 |
| Salsky | Сальскій | Velikoknyazheskaya | 18,961.0 square versts (21,578.8 km; 8,331.6 sq mi) | 76,297 |
| Taganrogsky | Таганрогскій | Taganrog | 12,229.4 square versts (13,917.8 km; 5,373.7 sq mi) | 412,995 |
| Ust-Medveditsky | Усть-Медведицкій | Ust-Medveditskaya | 18,082.6 square versts (20,579.1 km; 7,945.6 sq mi) | 246,830 |
| Khopersky | Хоперскій | Uryupinskaya | 15,861.4 square versts (18,051.3 km; 6,969.6 sq mi) | 251,498 |
| Cherkassky | Черкасскій | Novocherkassk | 9,750.3 square versts (11,096.4 km; 4,284.4 sq mi) | 240,222 |
Demography
Language
- Population by mother tongue according to the Imperial census of 1897.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian | 1,712,898 | 66.8 | 858,601 | 854,297 |
| Ukrainian | 719,655 | 28.0 | 366,482 | 353,173 |
| German | 34,855 | 1.36 | 17,775 | 17,080 |
| Kalmyk | 32,283 | 1.25 | 16,689 | 15,594 |
| Armenian | 27,234 | 1.06 | 13,971 | 13,263 |
| Jewish | 15,121 | 0.59 | 7,448 | 7,673 |
| Belarusian | 9,158 | 0.35 | 5,033 | 4,125 |
| Polish | 3,316 | 0.13 | 1,971 | 1,345 |
| Tatar | 2,978 | 0.11 | 2,122 | 856 |
| Greek | 2,255 | 0.08 | 1,486 | 769 |
| Gypsy | 1,267 | 0.05 | 650 | 617 |
| Other | 3218 | 0.12 | 2092 | 1126 |
| Total | 2,564,238 | 100.0 | 1,294,320 | 1,269,918 |
Notes
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Область Войска Донского". Soviet Historical Encyclopedia. pp. 395–396.
- ^ "Annex. Statistical indicators reference". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
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