Stenka Razin

Stepan Razin
Portrait, 1670s
Born	Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (Степан Тимофеевич Разин) c. 1630 Zimoveyskaya or Cherkassk, Russia
Died	16 June 1671 (aged around 40–41) Moscow, Russia
Cause of death	Execution by dismemberment
Other names	Stenka Razin
Known for	leading uprising against tsarist authorities

Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (Russian: Степа́н Тимофе́евич Ра́зин, pronounced [sʲtʲɪˈpan tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrazʲɪn]; c. 1630 – June 16 [O.S. June 6] 1671), known as Stenka Razin (Сте́нька [ˈsʲtʲenʲkə]),^[a] was a Don Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 1670–1671.^[1]

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