Starocherkasskaya
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Starocherkasskaya, formerly Cherkassk, is a rural locality in Aksaysky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, with origins dating from the late 16th century. It is located on the right bank of the Don Riv
Cherkassk houses and Petropavlovsk Church seen from the bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral
Looking toward the Transfiguration (Preobrazhensky) Cathedral
Resurrection cathedral
Matvei Platov
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Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic Wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province.
Portrait by George Dawe
Platov's portrait, commissioned in 1814 from William Beechey by Lord Beresford
By Thomas Lawrence – Royal Collection
By Aleksander Orłowski – State Historical Museum