Stenka Razin's uprising
A Cossack revolt sweeps the Volga from Astrakhan to Simbirsk
In 1670 the Don Cossack Stenka Razin raised a revolt along the Volga, taking Tsaritsyn, Astrakhan and Saratov. His army was defeated at Simbirsk; in 1671 Razin was handed over and executed in Moscow.
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