RAZIN, STENKA

stĕngˈkä räˈzēn, d. 1671, Don Cossack leader, head of the peasant revolt of 1670. As commander of a band of propertyless Don Cossacks, he raided and pillaged (1667–69) through the lower Volga valley and across the Caspian Sea. On his return (1670) to the Don, Razin rebelled against the authority of the czar. His force of some 7,000 men took Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd), Astrakhan, Saratov, and Samara, and was joined by serfs, peasants, and non-Russian tribes of the middle and lower Volga region. However, he was defeated by government troops at Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) and fled to the Don, where the propertied Cossacks delivered him to the government. Razin was executed at Moscow. His exploits have long been celebrated in song and legend.

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Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?: Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History
Book by Arnold Blumberg; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Heads Of State--Biography, Kings And Rulers--Biography
...Qin Shih Huang Di 259-210 B.C. , First Emperor of All China 261 Wayne C. McWilliams Stenka Razin c. 1630-1671 , Russian Cossack Rebel 268 Harry Piotrowski Richard II...
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Russia: Tsarist and Communist
Book by Anatole G. Mazour; D. Van Nostrand, 1962
Subjects: Soviet Union--History
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An Obsession with History: Russian Writers Confront the Past
Book by Andrew Baruch Wachtel; Stanford University Press, 1994
Subjects: History In Literature, Russia--In Literature, Russian Literature--History And Criticism
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The Making of Russian Absolutism, 1613-1801
Book by Paul Dukes; Longman, 1990
Subjects: Russia--Politics And Government--1613-1689, Russia--Politics And Government--1689-1801
...war with the movement led by Stenka Razin at its centre. Incursions from...one of the Cossack leaders, Stenka or Stepan Timofeevich Razin, whose most famous exploits...developed the subversive legend of Stenka Razin. 4 In the short run opposition...
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Soviet Russia: A Living Record and a History
Book by William Henry Chamberlin; Little, Brown, and Company, 1930
Subjects: Socialism--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1918, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1917, Soviet Union--Social Conditions, Soviets (Councils)
...understand without some knowledge of Stenka Razin and Pugachev, of Russian serfdom...Cossack bandit and adventurer, Stenka Razin, one of the most popular figures...Times and with the rebellion of Stenka Razin, and foreshadowed another of the...
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Cultural Memory in Postcolonial Fiction: The Uses and Abuses of Ned Kelly
Journal article by Graham Huggan; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects: Australia--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Australian literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors, Australian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Nationalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racism--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...nation at some time has had a brigand whose exploits become the subject of popular legend. Australias Ned Kelly, Russias Stenka Razin, Brazils Lampiao, and Germanys Schinderhannes are examples of the type. They are close to the hearts of the people who...


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Liberated from the Dead Hand ... Lev Anninskiy Describes His Encounters with Censored and Uncensored History in Soviet Russia
Magazine article by Lev Anninskiy; History Today, Vol. 53, July 2003
Subjects: Anninskiy, Lev--Personal narratives, History--Analysis, Russia--History
...and Bulavin, who led a revolt against him in Astrakhan, is glorious; if Peters father Alexei Romanov is clever and Stenka Razin, bandit-leader of the Cossacks against his rule, is also a hero? Or if Catherine is Great and also Pugachev, the Cossack...


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MILLIE Hurried Down Prince; TALES FROM THE PAST
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), July 25, 2009
...favourite pop group. The song hadnt even been released yet, but its melody was based on an old Russian folk song called Stenka Razin. The music ceased as Millie approached her Uncle Jacks house, and in a low refined voice the Devil said: "Tell Uncle...


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Razin, Stenka
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RAZIN, STENKA steng ka ra zen, d. 1671, Don Cossack...Caspian Sea. On his return (1670) to the Don, Razin rebelled against the authority of the czar...Cossacks delivered him to the government. Razin was executed at Moscow. His exploits have...
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Oral
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...agricultural equipment, grain processing, and tanning. It was founded as Uralsk in 1622 by the Ural Cossacks, who fought with Stenka Razin in the uprising of 1667 and against the Bolsheviks in 1918 19. It was an important trade center on the border of European...
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Penza
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...are machine, engineering, paper, and food-processing industries. Founded in 1666 as a fortress, Penza was occupied by Stenka Razin in 1670, by the Tatars in 1717, and by Pugachev in 1774. Before the Bolshevik revolution, Penza was a major agricultural...
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Don Cossacks
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Rada, and by an elected chief, called ataman. Their daring raids and exploits attained legendary proportions under Stenka Razin . Although the Don Cossacks gave allegiance to the czar of Russia in 1614, their self-government was recognized by...
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Ulyanovsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...strongpoint to defend Russias southern frontier. It also developed as a trade center. It was taken by the Cossack leader Stenka Razin in 1670, was the scene of fighting during the Pugachev insurrection of 1773 74, and was virtually destroyed by fire...
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