The lands belonging to th
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.