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Stepan Razin

c. 1630–1671 · 17th century · Also known as Stenka Razin

Stepan Razin was a Don Cossack leader who raided the Caspian coasts of Safavid Persia in 1668–1669 and in 1670 led a great rebellion of Cossacks and peasants along the Volga against the Russian tsardom. After defeat at Simbirsk, Don Cossack elders handed him over, and he was executed in Moscow in 1671.

Stepan Razin
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