[2] It comprised the areas where the Don Cossack Host settled in the Russian Empire.

From 1786, the territory was officially named Don Host Land (Russian: Земля Войска Донского, romanized: Zemlya Voyska Donskogo), renamed Don Host Oblast in 1870.

[1] 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.

[citation needed] It was abolished in 1920; from the major part of it the Don Oblast of the RSFSR was created, which was incorporated into the North Caucasus Krai in 1924.

[3] The districts (okrugs) of the Don Host Oblast in 1897 were as follows: This Ukrainian history–related article is a stub.