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Conflict

Pugachev's Rebellion

1773 CE – 1775 CE · 2 years

The largest peasant revolt in Russian history before 1917. Cossack leader Pugachev, claiming to be the murdered Tsar Peter III, rallied serfs and minorities across the Urals before being captured and executed in Moscow.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Russian Empire (Catherine the Great)
  • Cossack & peasant rebels (Yemelyan Pugachev)

Key moments

Defining events in the Pugachev's Rebellion.

  1. 1773-1774 Siege of Orenburg
  2. 1774 Battle of Kazan
  3. 1774 Battle of Tsaritsyn

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Events the timeline places between 1773 CE and 1775 CE.

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