Prehistory of the settlement of the Cossacks. The history of the formation of such a complex ethno-social culture as the don Cossacks has not yet been fully studied. There are several hypotheses of the appearance of this nationality. But there are two most common ones. One of them suggests that they are descendants of the Scythians and Sarmatians-ancient peoples living in the southern regions of the so-called Wild steppes. Now it is a territory near the Azov and Black seas. According to another version, the community appeared only in XIII a century. By the way, there is no exact meaning of the word "Cossack" itself. Translated from different languages, it sounds like "homeless"," homeless"," wanderer"," exile"," lonely"," restless"," bachelor"," knight","Bobyl". But in translation from Polovtsian, this word means "free". That is, people are free, not bound by any obligations. Communities were formed all over Russia. The first mention in the Chronicles was about the Ryazan Cossacks. But then there were Zaporozhye, TRANS-Danube, don. In this article, we will focus on the main stages of the history of the don Cossacks. Expand the value the impact of this community on the course of Russian history.
The main milestones in the history of the don Cossacks.
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