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Stepan Razin was a Cossack military leader who lived in the mid-1600s and led a major rebellion against Russian authority, attracting thousands of followers from oppressed social groups. His uprising ultimately failed and he was executed, but his rebellion became legendary in Russian history as a symbol of resistance against state power and social inequality.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stepan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tsardom of Russia
- Place of birth
- Kotelnikovsky District
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- ataman
- Languages spoken
- Kalmyk
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Military rank
- ataman
- Image
- Stepan Razin, German portrait.jpg
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- Commons category
- Stepan Razin
- date of birth
- 1630-01-01
- date of death
- 1671-06-06
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- Степан Тимофеевич Разин
- social classification
- Cossacks
- cause of death
- dismemberment
- point in time
- 1671-00-00
- different from
- Stenka Razin
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Encyclopedic overview
Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (Russian: Степан Тимофеевич Разин, pronounced [sʲtʲɪˈpan tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrazʲɪn]; c. 1630 – June 16 [O.S. June 6] 1671), known as Stenka Razin (Стенька [ˈsʲtʲenʲkə]), was a Don Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia from 1670 to 1671.
Early life
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