ilovaisky. take an active part in the demarcation and development of local territories, by the end ofntury they owned huge lands in the miussky district up to the sea of azov. the colonization of the don was moving from the don to the top, here up the seversky don, and for quite a long time in our area, in the area there kaneus, meus, there were no permanent settlements, even when there were disputes over land between the danish cossacks and the zaporozhian cossacks. region here the ilovaisky family too, well, how would give us the brightest example of such a passionate attitude to life, when people do what they love, do it so that they are remembered for a long time in the region. one of the most famous representatives of this family in the donetsk region is ivan grigorievich ilavaisky. at one time, he went through all the stages of the career of a don officer and even served in the otaman cossack regiment, the personal guard of the emperor. after retiring, he started a multi-industry farm in his homeland, both sheep farming and a distillery, and was engaged in breeding don english