In the late Middle Ages the area was under the general control of the Golden Horde, and numerous Tatar (especially Crimean Tatar) armed groups roamed there, attacking and enslaving Russian and foreign merchants and settlers. From the 16th to the 18th centuries the steppes of the Don River were part of "the Wild Field" ( Russian: Дикое Поле). Subsequently, the area was inhabited by the Khazars and the Polovtsians. Many Scythian tombs have been found in this area. More than two thousand years ago the Scythians lived on the banks of the river Don. Gotho- Alans could also have played a role in forming Don Cossack culture, which originated in the western part of the North Caucasus. In the modern view, Don Cossacks descend from Slavic people connected with Russian lands like the Povolzhye, the Dnieper, the Novgorod Republic, and the Principality of Ryazan. The exact origins of Cossacks remain unclear. It has the same etymological root as " Kazakh", an unrelated Central Asian Turkic people. The name "cossack" was also applied to migrants, free-booters and bandits. The name Cossack ( Russian: казак, romanized: kazak Ukrainian: козак, romanized: kozak) was widely used to characterise "free people" (compare Turkic qazaq, which means "free men") as opposed to others with different standing in feudal society (i.e., peasants, nobles, clergy, etc.). Dialect of Ukrainian: Don Balachka, Don Gutar
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