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End of Stepan Razin's Rebellion

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1670–1671

In 1671 Tsarist Russia fully suppressed the large-scale peasant-Cossack uprising led by Stepan Razin, who was executed in Moscow on June 6, 1671, mar…

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  1. 1670–1671Simbirsk · RussiaIn 1670 Razin's coalition was heavily defeated at Simbirsk by tsarist forces and the uprising's main force scattered; in April 1671 Razin was captured by Cossack traitors while fleeing and taken to Moscow.
  2. 1671Volga region · RussiaTsarist forces continued clearing out rebel remnants along the Volga, regaining control of towns one after another, while the leaderless Cossack and peasant forces gradually ceased organized resistance.
  3. 1671Red Square, Moscow · MoscowOn June 6, 1671 Stepan Razin was publicly executed on Moscow's Red Square, the tsarist government using this to deter potential rebels; Razin's uprising as an organized armed resistance was thus completely ended.

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