Zavetnoye (russian: Весёлый) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in

Zavetinsky District Zavetinsky District (russian: Заве́тинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #242-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative cent ...

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 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, located from

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

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Geography

The settlement is situated at the eastern part of

. The average altitude above sea level is 69 m.

History

The establishment of the village of Zavetnoye is connected with the policy of the tsarist Russian government on the settlement of Kalmyk lands. The governmental instruction of 1846 envisaged the establishment of 28 mixed Kalmyk-Russian villages along roads passing through the

Kalmyk Steppe Kalmuk Steppe, or Kalmyk Steppe is a steppe with a land area of approximately 100,000 km², bordering the northwest Caspian Sea, bounded by the Volga on the northeast, the Manych on the southwest, and the territory of the Don Cossacks on the north ...

.История Калмыкии
/ref> The first land management of Zavetnoye village was carried out in 1847. All Russian villages were first settled mostly by peasants from

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

and

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

governorates, and the influx of settlers increased after the Peasant reform of 1861. Until 1920, the village had been a part of

Astrakhan Governorate The Astrakhan Governorate () was an Imperial, Republican, and Soviet Russian administrative division (), which existed from 1717 – 1929. Created from separating the southwestern part of the Kazan Governorate, by Peter I's Reform in 1717. And ...

. In 1920 its territory was included into Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast. In 1925 it was transferred to

Salsky District Salsky District (russian: Са́льский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #233-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the distri ...

of North Caucasus Krai.С.Г. Бадмаева. Административно-территориальное устройство Калмыцкой автономной области в начале 20-х гг. XX в.
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References

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