page_title: Don Cossacks
section_title: Coat of arms
hierarchical_section_title: Don Cossacks / National symbols of Don Cossacks / Coat of arms
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of arms of Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe. Русский: Герб Всевеликого Войска Донского.
context_page_description: Don Cossacks or Donians, are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they have been located within what was the Don Cossack Host, which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic republic in the present-day Southern Russia and the Donbass region of Ukraine, from the end of the 16th century until 1918. As of 1992, by the presidential decree of the Russian Federation, Cossacks can be enrolled on a special register. A number of Cossack communities have been reconstituted to further the Cossack cultural traditions, including those of the Don Cossack Host.
  Don Cossacks have had a rich military tradition, playing an important part in the historical development of the Russian Empire and participating in most of its major wars.
context_section_description: The Don Cossacks Coat of Arms was known from the 17th century. It was adopted as a symbol of the Don Republic on 15 September 1918.
caption: Coat of Arms of Don Cossacks
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