Pugachev Rebels Enter Kazan

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Pugachev's Rebellion (Russian: Восстание Пугачёва, romanized: Vosstaniye Pugachyova; also called the Peasants' War 1773–1775 or Cossack Rebellion) of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II, known today as Catherine the Great, seized power in 1762. It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a disaffected ex-lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Army, against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman Empire. After initial success, Pugachev assumed leadership of an alternative government in the name of the late Tsar Peter III and proclaimed an end to serfdom.

People

• Yemelyan Pugachev · 1742 CE – 1775 CE
• Catherine II of Russia · 1729 CE – 1796 CE
• Peter III of Russia · 1728 CE – 1762 CE

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