NTV Voenno-istoricheskie July 3, 2024
From the first millennium ad until the middle of the 20th century, on the territory of the present volgograd region, on the volgadon isthmus, there was an ancient trade and military route. In the middle ages, settlements of the turkic and khazar koganates existed on these lands, the golden hordes. After the annexation of the tatar astrakhan kingdom to russia, these lands began to be settled by the cossacks; for the cossacks who inhabited the volga and don steppes, military service was the Main B...
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