It's not Isfahan, but in 1667, Armenian merchants from New Julfa obtained the right to establish importation of silk through this city, whose Armenian community drafted its own law code in 1665.
It's not Isfahan, but in 1667, Armenian merchants from New Julfa obtained the right to establish importation of silk through this city, whose Armenian community drafted its own law code in 1665. Ivan Prozorovsky was defenestrated from this city's kremlin by rebels whose leader captured it through the use of giant nasady river boats. A rebellion of streltsy over changes in uniforms took place in this city in 1705, a year during which it was held for a time by the ataman Kondraty Bulavin. (*) Stenka Razin held this city for several months during his revolt against Tsar Alexis. It's not Kazan, but this city's modern founding is generally dated to Ivan the Terrible's defeat of its namesake khanate, after which he built a fortress here to control the Lower Volga. For 10 points, name this largest Russian port on the Caspian Sea.
It's not Isfahan, but in 1667, Armenian merchants from New Julfa obtained the right to establish importation of silk through this city, whose Armenian community drafted its own law code in 1665.
Astrakhan