Don Cossacks
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Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the lower and middle Don River, Russia. This population was formed in the second half of the sixteenth century, largely by runaway peasants. By the end of the century they were granted certain privileges in exchange for frontier military service as the Don Cossack Voisko. Since 1786 the territory was officially called Don Voisko Lands, and was renamed Don Voisko Province (Template:Lang-ru) in 1870.