Pugachev administering justice at Kazan, Russia
A depiction of the rebel Emelyan Pugachev administering justice at Kazan, Russia. He assumed leadership of an alternative government in the name of the assassinated Tsar Peter III and proclaimed an end to serfdom, thereby presenting a challenge to the authority of Catherine II. Pugachev was captured, and executed in Moscow in January 1775
Picture No
10430780
Media ID
46059701
Size
6485px x 3308px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Reproduction on a postcard
Date
circa 1774
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1770s 1774 1775 Administering Alternative Assassinated Cases Executed Gavriil Gorelov Hearing Influence Kazan Nikitich Pugachev Serfdom
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