founded on the southern bank of the river with the short name uy. 70 similar fortresses along the rivers yaik the local population from the raids of the mongol tatars, but after the pugashchev riot , the cossacks settled here. cossack is a turkic word meaning watchman. the cossacks took brave, strong people, well-versed in weapons, they defended the southern borders of russia. the residents of the village of stepnoe managed to tell us all this between songs and dances. the chieftain was then elected for 3 years. it was impossible to disobey otaman. there was even an otaman mine. solid rock, it was just washed away and the stone took this shape, but you can’t fool people, they are sure that this is pugachev’s stone with treasures hidden under it, i advise you to dig and get them out or.