Pugachev's Rebellion

September 1773 – January 21, 1775

Yemelyan Pugachev, a Don Cossack posing as the dead Tsar Peter III, led Cossacks, peasants and serfs in a large revolt against Catherine the Great. Government troops crushed the rising, and Pugachev was executed in Moscow in 1775.

Battles 1

July 12–15, 1774
Battle of Kazan (1774) Major strategic Imperial Russian victory Kazan