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Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; Russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742 – 21 January [O.S. 10 January] 1775) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, a major popular uprising in the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Apr 3, 2024 · Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion in Russia (Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75). He began his rebellion by claiming he was Emperor Peter III and decreeing the abolition of serfdom.
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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.
- 1773-1775
- Russian Empire
At the peak of the uprising the rebels managed to rally a well-organized, 100,000-strong army and its Cossack leader - Yemelyan Pugachev - contemplated marching on Moscow, forcing the authorities...
Yemelyan Pugachev (born c. 1742, Zimoveyskaya-na-Donu, Russia—died January 21 [January 10, Old Style], 1775, Moscow) was the leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion in Russia ( Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75).
May 19, 2022 · It was a biography of Yemelyan Pugachev, a soldier in the Russian imperial army who led a revolt against the young monarch who would become Catherine the Great.
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; Russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742 – 21 January [ O.S. 10 January] 1775) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, a major popular uprising in the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great.
