My Native Place

Pages of the history of Don area

Ancient names of Rostov region

• Sarmatia for Roman historians of the I century
• Khazaria for Dnieper Russians
• Kasaria and Gasaria for Arabs
• Podoniy for Constantine VII
• “ Field” or ”Wild Field” in XIV
• Don in XVI

Emelyan Pugachev

Stephen Razin

Condrat Bulavin

Minaev

Baklanov

Ermak

Orlov

Platov

Question time!

• In what century The Land of Don Cossacks became a part of the Russian Empire?

А)XVI B)XV

C)XVIII D)X

2. Who was NOT a leader of peasant wars or uprising?

А)Stephan Razin B)Frol Minaev

C)Kondrat Bulavin D)Emelyan Pugachev

3. Name the period of Soviet troops’ on the Don?

А)October 1941 – August 1943 B)June 1941 – May 1945

C)November 1942 – December 1944 D)June 1812 – May 2017

4. Name Imperator/Empress on whose basis of decree the settlement Millerovo was founded?

А)Catherine II B)Ivan The Terrible

C)Nicolay I D)Peter I

5. In what year Millerovo was founded?

А)1917 B)1805

C)1726 D)1786

Let’s check your answers!

• C) In XVIII
• B) Frol Minaev
• А)October 1941 – August 1943
• А)Catherine II
• D)1786