17th century is considered the most eventful period.Contemporaries described him as the century "buntashny" for violent class conflict that took place at that time.Large-scale event of the century was an uprising of Stepan Razin.
reason many speeches consisted mainly in distress, which was the main working class of the country - the peasants.Testing oppression forced labor, need, they often went hungry.
significantly overpopulated territory was Don.The plight of the area pushed discontented to unite.Volunteers began to coalesce around a Cossack commander Stepan Razin.Establishing Brigades have not met resistance from the elders.On the contrary, unhappy in every way assisted in the formation of Cossack groups.However, when the squad went to the Sea of Azov, on the orders of elders Cossacks were created certain obstacles."Thrifty" understood that this campaign might upset relations with Turkey, cause complications or even a complete break with Moscow.It certainly was not in the plans of elders.
With this detachment Razin unopposed in 1667, in early May, and settled near the town Panshina between Ilovlya and silence.Cossack commander then gathered under his command more than six hundred people.Despite the fact that the local rich razintsy caused considerable damage-Donets, kitted out in hiking and food supplies, weapons, clothing, lead and gunpowder, everything was taken from "homing" by force.
not met a detachment Razin resistance and on the way to the Volga.Cossack elite headed by the petty officers pursued their goals.Direct calculation was whether to send away from the land of restless Cossacks.In addition, the "thrifty" expecting that the detachment will return to production, half of which will be given to them for assistance and ammunition, guns, ships.
In 1667, the end of May, the Cossack group entered the river boats on the river Kamyshenko the Volga.The uprising Razin began as an ordinary campaign "for his coat."The difference was in the number of people.Revolt of Stepan Razin began not 150-200 and a half thousand.
north Tsaritsin rebel troops captured the trading Struga Patriarch Nikon, Basil Shorin, other merchants, the king himself.
In 1668, March 23, Razin began his legendary march on the Caspian Sea.The leader of the rebels with the voyage to Persia pin their hopes to find free land.However, Shah has not allocated Cossacks territory for colonization.During the Persian campaign Razin won many victories.
After returning to his native Don Razin was joined to the squad a huge number of people.On the leader of the rebels composed legends, he was considered a national patron.The number of detachment Razin is increasing rapidly.By 1670 the rebels were about four thousand.
After a while rebel forces again went beyond Russia.It should be noted that the government is sympathetic to such campaigns.King more comfortable operation of Razin outside the country than within it.Soon, however, Razin shown that it can become the master and the Lower Volga, so that even Moscow will not be able to cope with it.
Revolt of Stepan Razin led to the division of the country in the European part into two zones.One power kept the rebels, and on the other the management was still in the hands of the tsarist government.Delineate clear geographic boundaries of these areas is problematic, due to the fact that the situation has changed very often.From changing hands villages, virtually the whole county could be under the authority of the rebels, and its center and a number of cities were the government.
regularly in various cities and villages of discontent erupted.After the suppression of the uprising in the same place it began in another.However, by the end of 1670 the advantage was on the side of the forces of the tsarist government.
In 1671, April 14, the uprising of Stepan Razin was finally suppressed."Thrifty" Don people attacked Kagalnitskaya town, where were several groups headed by the leader of the rebels.Stepan Razin and his brother Frol captured and taken in chains to Moscow.In 1671, June 6, at the Red Square hosted penalty.Stepan Razin was quartered.
