Announced a competition for a monument to the first draft at the Don Cossack Atamanov – In Russia and the CIS – News
May 29, 2009 – 9:18 pmMain Spiritual Administration of Muslims (AGAMI) Rostov Region announces a competition for best project of monument to the first Atamanov Cossacks on the Don Sary Azmanu.
In the Rostov region is now universally erected monuments to heroes of Cossack troops in the form of Orthodox chapels and crosses. But nowhere immortalized the memory of the first ataman Don Cossack-Tatar Sarah Azmana, said Mufti, chairman of the Rostov region AGAMI Flyur Arslanov.
“We have an obligation to perpetuate the glorious history of Cossacks, which would be incomplete if we forget about our ancestors Cossack followers of Islam, who shed blood on the battlefield. This is – the restoration of historical justice and we owe it to the descendants, “- said F. Arslanov.
Name the first known Don Cossack Ataman Sary Azmana mentioned in the historical acts of 1549. Some scientists believe that Sary Azman came from chervlenoyarskih Tatars. NM Karamzin in his “History of the Russian state”, wrote: “Cossacks shun dependence Mohammedan kingdoms, … and in 1549 the leader of Sary-azman; named subjects of John (Ivan the Terrible), built a fortress on the Don.”
In the translation from Turkish Sary Azman means “yellow man”. Most likely, such a sobriquet he has received because of the red-colored hair. Ataman Vsevelikogo troops Don Tatar Sary Azman Cossacks managed to infuse the customs and traditions that survived to this day.
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