Salsky district (Don Don region)

Salsky district was located in the southeast of the region; it bordered on the Astrakhan and Stavropol provinces , occupied the space between the left bank of the Sal river and the right bank of the Manych river with an area of ​​18 386 square miles, or 1 915 208 dessiatins ^[2] .

The Salsky okrug Donskoy troops was formed in January 27, 1884 in the area of ​​the Zadonsky steppes from the former Kalmyk okrug .

By the beginning of the 20th century, the okrug occupied an area of ​​1,975,153 tithes of land with a population of 63,318 people, of which 34,993 were Cossacks , 28,129 were Kalmyks . There were 7 Kalmyk and 2 Cossack villages in the district. But already in 1912 there were 16 villages: the Grand Duchess , Platovskaya , Batlaevskaya , Denisovskaya , Ilovaiskaya , Kuteynikovskaya , Novo-Alekseevskaya , Vlasovskaya , Chunusovskaya , Erketinskaya , Potapovskaya , Atamanskaya , Belyaevskaya , Grabbevskaya , Burulskaya 3 , Oryol .

According to data from 1913, 30,178 people lived in the Salsky District, excluding workers in other districts and stud farms. There were 13 villages and 19 Kalmyk farms in the okrug. After the end of the Civil War in 1920, only 10,750 Kalmyks lived here, that is, the population decreased by three times.

Current status

On the territory of the former Salsky District of the Region, Don troops are now located on the territory of Dubovsky , Zavetinsky , Zimovnikovsky , Martynovsky , Oryol , Salsky , Proletarsky , Tselinsky districts

The population is 76,297 people, including Kalmyks - 28,063, Russians - 24,509, Ukrainians - 22,378, Germans - 778 ^[1] (1897).

In 1912 there were 16 villages and 3 volosts in the okrug:

• Grand Duchess ,
• Platovskaya
• Batlaevskaya ,
• Denisovskaya
• Ilovaiskaya
• Kuteinikovskaya
• Novo-Alekseevskaya ,
• Vlasovskaya
• Chunusovskaya
• Erketinskaya ,
• Potapovskaya
• Ataman ,
• Belyaevskaya
• Grabbevskaya , Gashunsky
• Burulskaya
• Oryol ^[3] .
• Manych-Georgian

In 1918, the district included:

• Ataman yurt (Village Ataman ), at the river Sale
• Batlaevsky yurt (Stanitsa Batlaevskaya ), at the river Sale
• Belyaevsky yurt (Stanitsa Belyaevskaya ), with the disputed beam
• Burulsky yurt (Village of Burulskaya ), at the river Bolshoy Gashun
• Grand Ducal Yurt (The Grand Ducal Village - Center ), at the Karacheplak tract
• Vlasov yurt (Village Vlasov ), under the river Malom Gashun
• Grabbevsky yurt (Village Grabbevskaya ), at the river Mokraya-Savda
• Denisovsky yurt (Stanitsa Denisovskaya ), with Potapova beam
• Ilovaisky yurt (Village Ilovaiskaya ), at the river Kuberle
• Kuteynikovsky yurt (Village Kuteynikovskaya ), on the Kuberle beam
• Novo-Alekseevsky yurt (Village Novo-Alekseevskaya ), at the river Malaya Kuberle
• Oryol yurt (Village Orlovskaya ), on the beam Double-Stone
• Platovsky yurt (Village Platovskaya ), at the river Manych at 7 versts
• Potapovsky yurt (Village Potapovskaya ), at the river Sale
• Chunusovsky yurt (Stanitsa Chunusovskaya ), at the river Gashun
• Erketinsky yurt (Village Erketinskaya ). on the beam of Urtugur

The main occupation of the inhabitants was cattle breeding . In 1898, there were up to 100 thousand horses , 50 thousand cattle and up to 200 thousand sheep . At the beginning of the XX century, on average, winter and spring sowing per year reached 75 thousand quarters, the harvest - 350 thousand. Grapes were planted only by lovers; the villagers were engaged in truck farming (up to 700 dessiatines). In addition to cattle breeding, Kalmyks engaged in latrines, engaging in herdsmen and fisheries on the lower Don. At Lake Gruzskovsky , famous for its healing water, the Don Sanitary Treatment Station operated; mud treatment ( rheumatism , syphilis , scrofula and nervous diseases) lasted from May 15 to August 15 ^[2] .

• Administrative division of the Don Army region in 1918

• Don Troops Region, L. Weinberg. SPb., 1897.
• Salsky District // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.