The lands belonging to these people were partitioned during a period known as "The Ruin." Thesepeople formed a vassal state after rebelling against the rule of foreign magnates in the KhmelnytskyUprising, which marked the beginning of The Deluge. The words "Volga, Volga" beg
The lands belonging to these people were partitioned during a period known as "The Ruin." Thesepeople formed a vassal state after rebelling against the rule of foreign magnates in the KhmelnytskyUprising, which marked the beginning of The Deluge. The words "Volga, Volga" begin a popular folksong about a leader of these people named Stenka Razin. These people formed a (*) "hetmanate" called theZaporizhian host. One of their leaders impersonated Peter III and led a 1773 rebellion against Catherine the Great.Yemelyan Pugachev was a member of these people, many of whom lived around the Don or Dnieper River. For 10points, name these nomadic warrior people who alternately rebelled against or fought for Russia.