PARTICIPATION OF THE CHERKASES OF THE VORONEZH KRAI IN THE UPRISING OF STEPAN RAZIN IN 1670

Abstract

The article is devoted to the participation of cherkassys in Stepan Razin's uprising in 1670, also the article is concerned with administrative orders connected with remedial actions in the wake of rebellion and arrests of cherkassys-participants. In Russian historiography, including imperial Russian, soviet and modern historiography, problems of cherkassy’s participation in the uprising were not the subject of detailed review, scholars often concentrate on independent episodes.Relevance of the study consists in first time overall study of cherkassy’s participation in the uprising in Ostrogozhsk, Olshansk and the other cities. The squad of Razin’s followers led by Fyodor Kolchev came in the Voronezh region in September 1670. The leader of Ostrogozgsk cherkassy’s regiment, Ivan Nikolaevich Dzinkovsky, with some of cherkassys took their side. Voivodes were killed in Ostrogozgsk and Olshansk, rebels temporary seized the power there. In Zemlyansk and Userd rebels failed. Korotoyak resisted to the big squad of Frol Razin. Participation of Voronezh region cherkassys in Stepan Razin's uprising ended with investigation and punishment of main participants, replacement of senior executives of Ostrogozgsk cherkassy’s regiment. The author concludes, that Voronezh region cherkassy’s support of Razin’s rebels wasn’t large in numbers, in 1672 the government acknowledged rights and privileges that had been given to cherkassys in 1670, before the uprising, what can be counted as a marker of it’s good attitude to cherkassys.

Keywords

• 1670-1671 гг
• xvii век