A new nationality "Don Cossack" will appear in the Russian census

Residents of the Don region will be able to self-determine by nationality. This was stated by the head of Rostovstat Marina Samoilova. “Rosstat has compiled and approved a dictionary of nationalities, containing more than two thousand possible answers to the question of nationality. Of these, using the word "Cossack" - thirteen options. Also included in the directory are the phrases "Don Cossacks", "Russian Cossacks", "Orthodox Cossacks" and others, "she said.
Residents of the Rostov region will be able to determine their nationality during the census but nationa-bolshevik Writer, politician and publicist Zakhar Prilepin criticized this decision, calling it "a direct path to separatism." He recalled that the Cossacks are a military class, but not a nation. With the same success, you can include in the list of nationalities and archers. And in general, scientists and officials, who thought of this before, should be driven out of their posts and brought to justice, the politician is sure.