Ataman Platonov
K 270-letii︠u︡ so dni︠a︡ roz︠h︡denii︠a︡ (1753-2023)
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translation: Ataman Platonov - To the 270th anniversary of birth (1753-2023)
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Rostov-na-Donu
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Count Matvey Ivanovich Platov (1753-1818) was an ataman of the Don Cossack army (since 1801), cavalry general (1809), who took part in all the wars of the Russian Empire of the late 18th - early 19th century. In 1805 he founded Novocherkassk, where he moved the capital of the Don Cossack army.