Don Cossacks or Donians, are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host, which was either an independent or an autonomous democrat
Cossacks (right) attack the Ottoman army at the crossing of the Terek in the Battle of Sunzha River, during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590). Secaatname (1586)
Territory of the Don Cossacks - Herman Moll 1715
Don Cossack Host Land - Pâdyšev, Vasilij Pietrovič (1829)
Don Cossack parade uniform, 1867
The Don Republic, later known as the Almighty Don Host, was an independent self-proclaimed anti-Bolshevik republic formed by the Armed Forces of South Russia on the territory of Don Cossacks against a
Don Cossacks
…and integrated into the armed forces of the DPR and LPR. The Don Cossacks flag 3:4 was inaugurated during the Don Cossacks assembly in Novocherkassk, Don Republic, on 4 May 1918 under chiefing of Ataman Pyotr Krasnov. The flag has three colours: blue, yellow, and red. The flag is similar to that of the Ukrainian…
Medal of the Great Don Army: Defender of the Free Don.
Basic laws of the Almighty Don Host.