This revolt spared Count Doennhof despite an order to have him killed shortly before a decisive defeat at Sarepta.
This revolt spared Count Doennhof despite an order to have him killed shortly before a decisive defeat at Sarepta. Colonels in the rebelling army included Usman Timerev and Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, and the Kazakhs of Nur Ali hesitated in supporting its leader, though they joined after the success of the siege at Orenburg. Johann Michelson defeated its leader at Ufa and (*) Tsaritsyn after the capture of Kazan, and its progression down the Volga is recounted in Alexander Pushkin's history of this event's leader. That leader gained support from the peasants and Old Believers by pretending to be Peter III. For 10 points, name this rebellion led by a Cossack during the time of Catherine the Great.
This revolt spared Count Doennhof despite an order to have him killed shortly before a decisive defeat at Sarepta.
{Pugachev}’s Rebellion