Don region
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The Don region is a historical area in southern Russia centered around the Don River, traditionally associated with the homeland of the Don Cossacks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don region canonical | 17 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ Sea of Azov region ⓘ Volga region ⓘ |
| climate | continental ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Azov
ⓘ
Novocherkassk ⓘ Rostov-on-Don ⓘ Taganrog ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
lower Don River
ⓘ
surface form:
lower Don River basin
middle Don River basin ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Cherkassk
ⓘ
Novocherkassk ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Cossack uprisings
ⓘ
Russian Civil War battles ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage |
Cossack dialects of Russian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Don Cossacks
ⓘ
Nogai ⓘ Slavs ⓘ
surface form:
Slavic peoples
Tatars ⓘ Turkic peoples ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Cossack military territory
ⓘ
frontier zone of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cossack culture
ⓘ
grain agriculture ⓘ horse breeding ⓘ river navigation ⓘ steppe landscapes ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Russia ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent |
Rostov Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of Krasnodar Krai ⓘ parts of Volgograd Oblast ⓘ parts of Voronezh Oblast ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| strategicImportance |
access to Black Sea via Sea of Azov
ⓘ
control of Don River trade routes ⓘ |
| terrain |
river floodplains
ⓘ
steppe ⓘ |
| traditionalHomelandOf | Don Cossacks ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Don Host Oblast
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.