Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvinyorwa zvokutanga zvine chokuita nemisha yevaCossack: "stanitsa", zvinodzokera shure kuna 1549. Mugore ra1552 Don Cossacks pasi pokutonga kwaAtaman Susar Fedorov vakabatana neHondo yaIvan the Terrible munguva ye
Kukombwa kweKazan muna 1552. Musi wa2 Chikumi 1556 Cossack regiment yaAtaman Lyapun Filimonov, pamwe chete neHondo yeMoscovits inosanganisira strelets, vakakunda uye vakabatanidza Astrakhan Khanate.