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search  The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (Russian:
Область Войска Донского, Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo) of Imperial
Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks,
roughly coinciding with today's Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its
center was Cherkassk, later Novocherkassk.  The province
comprised the areas where the Don Cossack Host settled in
Imperial Russia. Since 1786 the territory was officially called
the Don Host Lands (zemlya Voyska Donskogo), renamed Don Host
Province in 1870.  In 1913, the oblast, with an area of about
165,000 km², had about 3.8 million inhabitants. Of these, 55%
(2.1 million) were Cossacks in possession of all the land; the
remaining 45% of the population being townsfolk and agricultural
guest labourers from other parts of Russia.  This subdivision
was abolished in 1920; from the major part of it the Don Oblast
was created, which was included into the