2021-FEB-26

Polity Timeline
ROSTOV

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

Oblast of the DON COSSACK Host

(Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1918-02-25:

DON Soviet Republic [Provisional Revolutionary Committee]

(New Cherkassk)

- DON

1918-05-08:

DON COSSACK Host Oblast [German and Cossack Occupation]

(New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1918-09-15:

DON-CAUCASUS Union

(New Cherkassk)

- DON-CAUCASUS

1919-01-08:

Independent DON Cossack Republic [Don Republic]

(New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1920-01-08:

DON COSSACK Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- DON COSSACKS

1937-01-21:

DON Region

(Rostov-on-Don)

- DON

1941-10-22:

Imperial Commissariat of DON-VOLGA [Don Territory]

(Taganrog)

- DON-VOLGA

1943-08-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1954-01-09:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1991-08-21:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1991-10-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Don Cossack Republic]

(Rostov-on-Don + New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1991-11-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia]

(Rostov-on-Don + New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1991-12-26:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1996-10-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

Oblast of the DON COSSACK Host

(Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1918-03-25:

DON Soviet Republic

(Rostov-on-Don)

- DON

1918-04-05:

DON Soviet Republic

(Rostov-on-Don)

- DON

1918-05-08:

DON COSSACK Host Oblast [German and Cossack Occupation]

(New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1918-09-15:

DON-CAUCASUS Union

(New Cherkassk)

- DON-CAUCASUS

1919-01-08:

Independent DON Cossack Republic [Don Republic]

(New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1920-01-08:

DON COSSACK Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- DON COSSACKS

1924-02-13:

SOUTH-WESTERN Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- SOUTH-WESTERN

1941-10-22:

Imperial Commissariat of DON-VOLGA [Don Territory]

(Taganrog)

- DON-VOLGA

1943-08-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1978-04-12:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1991-10-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Don Cossack Republic]

(Rostov-on-Don + New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1991-11-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia]

(Rostov-on-Don + New Cherkassk)

- DON COSSACKS

1991-12-26:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

1996-10-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- ROSTOV

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

RUSSIA

1917-11-07:

DON COSSACKS +

RUSSIA +

1917-11-08:

WHITE RUSSIA +

DON COSSACKS +

1918-02-25:

DON +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1918-05-08:

GERMANY +

DON COSSACKS +

1919-02-19:

WHITE RUSSIA +

DON COSSACKS +

1920-01-08:

SOVIET RUSSIA

1922-12-30:

RUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1941-10-22:

GERMANY +

DON-VOLGA +

1943-08-31:

RUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1991-10-01:

DON COSSACKS +

RUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1991-12-26:

RUSSIA

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Cherkassk

1917-12-02:

Novocherkassk

1918-03-25:

Rostov-na-Donu

1918-05-08:

Novocherkassk

1920-01-08:

Rostov-na-Donu

1941-10-22:

Taganrog

1941-11-21:

Rostow am Don

1941-11-29:

Taganrog

1942-07-24:

Rostow am Don

1943-02-14:

Taganrog

1943-08-31:

Rostov-na-Donu

1991-10-01:

Rostov-na-Donu + Novocherkassk

1991-12-26:

Rostov-na-Donu

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

VOYSKA DONSKOGO

1917-12-02:

DON

1918-05-08:

VOYSKA DONSKOGO

1918-05-18:

DONSKAYA

1918-09-15:

DON-KAVKAZ

1919-01-08:

DON

1920-01-08:

VOYSKA DONSKOGO

1920-03-20:

DONSKAYA

1924-02-13:

YUGO-VOSTOCHNAYA

1924-10-17:

DON

1937-09-13:

ROSTOVSKAYA

1941-10-22:

DON-WOLGA

1943-08-31:

ROSTOVSKAYA

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

Oblast of the DON COSSACK Host

1917-11-07:

Government of the DON COSSACK Host [Provisional Entire Executive State Authority]

1917-11-20:

Independent Government of the DON COSSACK Host [Provisional Independence until Establishment of Legitimate Russian Authority]

1917-12-02:

Independent Government of the DON COSSACK Host [Don Civic Council]

1918-02-25:

DON Soviet Republic [Provisional Revolutionary Committee]

1918-03-25:

DON Soviet Republic

1918-05-08:

DON COSSACK Host Oblast [German and Cossack Occupation]

1918-05-18:

Independent DON Cossack Republic [Don Republic]

1918-09-15:

DON-CAUCASUS Union

1919-01-08:

Independent DON Cossack Republic [Don Republic]

1919-02-19:

Independent Military DON Cossack Republic [Almighty Don Host]

1920-01-08:

DON COSSACK Oblast

1920-03-20:

Oblast of the DON Host

1924-02-13:

SOUTH-WESTERN Oblast

1924-10-17:

DON Region

1937-09-13:

ROSTOV Oblast

1941-10-22:

Imperial Commissariat of DON-VOLGA [Don Territory]

1943-08-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

1991-10-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Don Cossack Republic]

1991-11-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia]

1991-12-26:

ROSTOV Oblast

2023-06-23:

ROSTOV Oblast [Wagner Group Rebellion]

2023-06-25:

ROSTOV Oblast

Ruler changes:

1917-07-01:

Oblast of the DON COSSACK Host

(Cherkassk)

- Ataman Alexey Kaledin
(Ataman Aleksey Maksimovich Kaledin)

1917-11-07:

Government of the DON COSSACK Host [Provisional Entire Executive State Authority]

(Cherkassk)

- Ataman Alexey Kaledin
(Ataman Aleksey Maksimovich Kaledin)

1918-02-12:

Independent Government of the DON COSSACK Host [Don Civic Council]

(New Cherkassk)

- Ataman Anatoly Nazarov
(Ataman Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Nazarov)

1918-02-25:

DON Soviet Republic [Provisional Revolutionary Committee]

(New Cherkassk)

- Fyodor Podtellkov
(Fyodor Grigoryevich Podtyolkov)

1918-04-14:

DON Soviet Republic

(Rostov-on-Don)

- Viktor Kovalyev
(Viktor Semyonovich Kovalyev)

1918-05-08:

DON COSSACK Host Oblast [German and Cossack Occupation]

(New Cherkassk)

- Ataman Pyotr Popov
(Ataman Pyotr Kharitonovich Popov)

1918-05-16:

DON COSSACK Host Oblast [German and Cossack Occupation]

(New Cherkassk)

- Peter Krasnov
(Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov)

1919-02-19:

Independent Military DON Cossack Republic [Almighty Don Host]

(New Cherkassk)

- Ataman Afrikan Bogaevskiy
(Ataman Afrikan Petrovich Bogaevskiy)

1920-01-08:

DON COSSACK Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

-
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1941-10-22:

Imperial Commissariat of DON-VOLGA [Don Territory]

(Taganrog)

- Dietrich Klagges
(Dietrich Klagges)

1943-08-31:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

-
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1991-10-01:

ROSTOV Oblast [Unrecognized Don Cossack Republic]

(Rostov-on-Don + New Cherkassk)

- Vladimir Chub
(Vladimir Fyodorovich Chub)

1991-12-26:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

- Vladimir Chub
(Vladimir Fyodorovich Chub)

2010-06-14:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

-
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2023-06-23:

ROSTOV Oblast [Wagner Group Rebellion]

(Rostov-on-Don)

- Yevgeny Prigozhin
(Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin)

2023-06-25:

ROSTOV Oblast

(Rostov-on-Don)

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