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Expansion of Don Cossack Settlements

Type Event Region Russia Time 1661–1670

In the 1660s, after the end of the Russo-Polish War, Russia consolidated control over the southern frontier, and the Don Cossacks expanded settlement…

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  1. 1661–1664Cherkassk · RussiaIn the early 1660s Russia, capitalizing on its victory over Poland, encouraged the Don Cossacks to establish new stockades and farms on the lower Don as outposts against Crimean raids.
  2. 1665–1670Lower Don · RussiaIn the mid-to-late 1660s Cossack settlements extended southward along the Don, clashing repeatedly with Crimean Tatars and Nogai nomads. Moscow secured Cossack loyalty to the tsar and frontier defense obligations by recognizing their elected leaders and granting them land.

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