The most complete compilation of "Historical Essays of the Don" - the last work of P. N. Krasnov, published during his lifetime. Until now, the Internet had a brochure of the same name, published in 1943, consisting of 13 chapters, the described events of which ended in 1613. At the same time, in the journal "At the Cossack Post" these and subsequent chapters were published until February 1945, finishing the description of the history of the Don Cossacks with the events of August 1914 and Russia's entry into the First World War.