Don Host Oblast^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a province (oblast) of the Russian Empire which consisted of the territory of the Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with present-day Rostov Oblast in Russia. Its administrative center was Cherkassk, and later Novocherkassk.^[2]

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Don Host Oblast Область Войска Донского
Oblast of the Russian Empire
1786-1920
Coat of arms
Capital	Novocherkassk
Area
•	162,888.57 km2 (62,891.63 sq mi)
Population
•	1,712,898
History
• Established	1786
• Disestablished	1920
Succeeded by Don Soviet Republic
Today part of	Russia

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It comprised the areas where the Don Cossack Host settled in the Russian Empire. From 1786, the territory was officially named Don Host Land (Russian: Земля Войска Донского, romanized: Zemlya Voyska Donskogo), renamed Don Host Oblast in 1870.^[3]

During 1914, the oblast, with an area of 164,000 km², had about 3.9 million inhabitants.^[1] Of these, 55% (2.1 million) were Cossacks in possession of all the land; the remaining 45% of the population being townsfolk and agricultural guest labourers from other parts of Russia.^{[citation needed]}

It was abolished in 1920; from the major part of it the Don Oblast of the RSFSR was created, which was incorporated into the North Caucasus Krai in 1924.^[3]

The districts (okrugs) of the Don Host Oblast in 1897 were as follows: