Historical, geopolitical and ethnopsychological features of the formation of the cossacks of Donbass

In the article, from the perspective of the most important theoretical and practical issues related to identifying the causes of regional originality and the peculiarities of managing the development of individual regions, the complex of problems related to the methodology of regional studies, in general, and the application of the actor approach to the study of social reality, in particular, is analyzed. The object of the study is the Cossacks of Donbass. On the one hand, it represents a clearly defined detachment within the Cossacks. On the other hand, the degree of consolidation of the Cossacks of Donbass, both in the past and in the present, is lower than that of other Cossack formations in the regions both in the Russian Empire and modern Russia. The reasons for this situation should be sought in the historical, geopolitical and ethnopsychological factors in the formation of this social community.