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The Welcome to Russian History Retold, Episode 128, The Pugachov Rebellion Part 2.

Hope you enjoyed that opening piece of music.

It was Serge Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dance.

Well, last time, we told the story of the beginning of the Pugachov Rebellion.

Now, the time is to finish it.

Starting in January 1774, General Bibikov went after Pugachov's army by relieving city

after city that was under siege.

While the insurgents were for the most part armed and dangerous, the Russian troops were

very well armed and, and this is the important part, very disciplined.

Major Dmitri Gagarin ended the siege of Cungar, which should have fallen had it not been

for the exceptional commandant of the garrison, one Major Alexander Popoff.

Next, Frigargarin was the city of E. Katerinberg and their leader, Belaboradov.

In sometimes hand-to-hand fighting, factory after factory, was emptied of rebels. Next up,

was Gryaznov, who led the insurgents in the town of Chaliyabinsk. The town of Ufa was

liberated by second-in-command, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan

Mickelson. He defeated a joint Bashkir and Russian rebel force led by Zeruban. The fighting was

especially fierce with the Bashkir's refusing to be taken alive, but Nicholson was noted for his

bravery and military tactics from his days in the

seven years' war. Hundreds of the insurgents lay dead in the snow, with Mickelson's men,

supposedly only having 23 dead and 32 wounded. Now the target was Pugachov himself and his army

at Orenberg. He was to be met with a force led

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