One of member of this group returned from slaughtering Persians on the Caspian and brutally sacked Astrakhan in an attempt to found a new empire.
One of member of this group returned from slaughtering Persians on the Caspian and brutally sacked Astrakhan in an attempt to found a new empire. Another supposedly warned against the appointment of General Lewenhaupt before a major battle, which ended with that man fleeing to Bendery with Charles XII, whom he hoped would preserve the Treaty of Pereyaslav. Besides Stenka Razin and Mazepa, one of them became convinced that he was Peter the Great and rebelled against Catherine the Great. For 10 points, identify this group of horsemen who included Pugachev, historically found in the Southern Steppes and around the Don River in Russia.
One of member of this group returned from slaughtering Persians on the Caspian and brutally sacked Astrakhan in an attempt to found a new empire.
{Cossacks}