The history of the Russian Empire is full of differentinteresting facts that every self-respecting citizen of the federation must know. Astrakhan uprising (the causes and its consequences), the abolition of serfdom, the Poltava battle with the Swedes - all this is an integral part of the story, and from it, as they say, you can’t throw out the words. Despite the fact that for a very long time thanks to the Soviet authorities, in particular, Lenin and Stalin, the whole story was distorted, a great number of facts have come down to us, which are the basis of the modern interpretation of the events of the past year.
Uprising in Astrakhan
This uprising began in 1705 and wasraised thanks to riflemen, soldiers and workers of a city called Astrakhan, where the uprising itself took place. It left a bloody mark on the modern history of the Russian Federation. More than 300 people fell victim to this bloody mess, which did not bring any dividends to people trying to change something in this way. Violence never carried anything good, but did these people have any other choice in the fight against the imperial power of the Russian Empire.
General information about Astrakhan of that time
Back in 1705, Astrakhan was a majorshopping center not only of the imperial part, but of the whole of Europe. The difference between the strata of society was very noticeable, because various merchants were at the head and, one might say, ran everything in this city. The huge number of jobs offered by the commercial port city of Astrakhan attracted a considerable amount of cheap labor. In addition, due to its geographical location, Astrakhan was the city-center of trade with the East, therefore, in addition to Russians, there were always many Armenian, Persian and other Asian merchants. The city was equipped with strong defensive installations, but the tsarist government was far from fearing raids, sending a garrison of 3,650 archers there. They were called upon to repel any uprising that would befall this large shopping center, because it brought a lot of money to the treasury.
Astrakhan uprising of 1705. The reasons
To the exact thesis of the reasons for the uprising, historians andThey did not arrive, but the main version is the tightening of the rules and regulations that prevailed at that time in Astrakhan. As it was noted in the letters of the inhabitants of that time: "The administration simply became furious." The introduction of new taxes for residents also adversely affected the overall situation and heated it to the limit, in principle, it was already clear that violence would not do without it. The brutality of the Astrakhan governor Timothy Rzhevsky was precisely that drop of gasoline on a smoldering fire. All trade in the city, from petty to large, was taxed, and often the amount of these slips exceeded the value of the goods. A considerable amount of rest and dumps were regularly collected from ships arriving in the city, and the townspeople were taxed on absolutely everything: ovens, beer, houses, saunas, etc. The city governor surrendered the grain trade and demanded a share from the farmers, which sharply raised prices for this product.
Astrakhan uprising 1705-1706. Start
Considering the living conditions in Astrakhan additiontime, in the soldier-shooting society, often began to slip thoughts about a possible uprising against the governor and the king. And if they understood that it was useless to go to the tsar, then to overthrow Timothy Rzhevsky was quite an accomplished task.
On the night of July 29-30, 1705 beganmass pogroms and destruction of property, including houses, the highest officials of the city. The uprising tried to do everything very quickly and therefore, in a relatively short period of time, a new administrative body was created in the city, and the first national assemblies were held, which were called the Cossack Circle. At one of these meetings, he was granted by the voivode Timofey Rzhevsky himself, who for a long time wandered around the chicken coops and sheds, trying not to fall into the hands of the rebels. At the same meeting it was decided to execute him.
In addition, the meetings actively discussedthe question of marching on Moscow, in order to overthrow the king from his throne. But the matter did not come further than Tsaritsyn - there the rebels were defeated and returned to Astrakhan, where they were already met by the troops of their opponents.
What brought uprising?
Fearing that the Astrakhan uprising will gofarther to the west of the country, Tsar Peter I ordered his field marshal to put him down as quickly as possible and set aside an army of 3,000 men. On March 11, Sheremetyev stepped up to the walls of the impregnable city and bombed it, after which all the rebels surrendered, leaving the city of royal power. At the gates of the Kremlin field marshal received the keys to the city and, in general, he was greeted with great gratitude. 365 ringleaders were arrested, all sent to Moscow, where most were executed, and the rest were subjected to tremendously heavy and exhausting torture, after which, according to official figures, they also died. As a conclusion, everything remained in its place, only some people did not become.
