Bokovskaya (russian: Боковская) is a

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(a ''

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...

'') in

Bokovsky District Bokovsky District (russian: Бо́ковский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #192-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the d ...

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

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, located on the

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south of

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

. Population: It is also the

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History

Before a stanitsa was established, there had already been a post station called Bokovskaya, which was first mentioned in official lists in 1873. At the end of the 19th century, the land near the

was being quickly settled by

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and peasants from other regions, although it was situated very far from any major cities. According to the 1915 census, 395 people lived in the ''

khutor A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement.

'' of Bokov. There were two

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s, a church and two

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. In 1918 the khutor changed its status to stanitsa.

Landmarks

* St. John the Baptist Church * Local History Museum of Bokovsky District * "Heroes never perish" Memorial Complex Also there are several archaeological sites around. The territory was first settled in the

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, and many

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s have been preserved there. All of them are placed under state protection, as they are officially recognized as objects of

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References

Rural localities in Rostov Oblast Don Host Oblast {{RostovOblast-geo-stub