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Russia · History · Hard

Which 1773–1775 revolt, led by a Don Cossack claiming to be the murdered emperor, swept across the Volga and Ural regions before being crushed?

Yemelyan Pugachev rallied Cossacks, serfs, and Bashkirs against Catherine the Great; the rebellion inspired Pushkin's historical novel 'The Captain's Daughter.'

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