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Events from the year 1775 in Russia
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Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, a major popular uprising in the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great.
General Count Pyotr Ivanovich Panin, younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin, fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, capturing Bender on September 26, 1770. In 1773–1775, he participated in suppressing Pugachev's Rebellion. He died in Moscow, as the senior General of the Russian Army. He is the father of Nikita Petrovich Panin.
Salawat Yulayev was a Bashkir national hero who participated in Pugachev's Rebellion, warrior, poet and singer.
Kazan Governorate, also known as the Government of Kazan, was a governorate of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR from 1708 to 1920, with its seat in the city of Kazan.
Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a disaffected ex-lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Army, against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman Empire. After initial success, Pugachev assumed leadership of an alternative government in the name of the late Tsar Peter III and proclaimed an end to serfdom. This organized leadership presented a challenge to the imperial administration of Catherine II.
The Captain's Daughter is an opera in four acts by César Cui, composed during 1907–1909. The libretto was adapted by the composer from Alexander Pushkin's 1836 novel of the same name.
Count Aleksander Nikolayevich Samoylov was a Russian general and statesman.
Aleksandr Ilyich Bibikov was a Russian statesman and military officer.
The Captain's Daughter is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik and is his only completed novel. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773–1774. The title "The Captain's Daughter" has also been used to refer to a collection of stories, one of which was the actual novel.
Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev, also spelled Sergey Pugachyov, is a Russian-born French business magnate. He is a doctor of technical sciences and a member of the International Engineering Academy.
Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, sometimes spelled Potyomkin or Potiomkin, (1743-1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier, and writer.
Pugachyov may refer to:
The Povolzyhe Cossacks or Volga Cossacks were free Cossack communities in Russia which were recorded in sources from the 16th century on. They inhabited the areas along the Volga River.
Kotelnikovsky District is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kotelnikovsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,471 square kilometers (1,340 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kotelnikovo. Population: 37,584 (2010 Census); 36,856 ; 38,660 (1989 Census). The population of Kotelnikovo accounts for 54.4% of the district's total population.
Yemelyan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Johann von Michelsohnen was a Baltic-German military commander who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He was a prominent general in several wars, but his most noted contribution was his critical role in suppressing Pugachev's Rebellion.
Pugachev is a 1937 Soviet drama film directed by Pavel Petrov-Bytov.
Events from the year 1742 in Russia
Prince Mikhail Nikitich Volkonsky was a Russian statesman and military figure from the House of Volkonsky, General-in-Chief (1762), in 1771–1780 he was Commander-in-Chief in Moscow. The brother of General Alexei Volkonsky, uncle of Nastasya Ofrosimova.
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