The reasons for the failure of the V.A. Kar’s campaign against the rebels led by E.I. Pugachev in the autumn of 1773
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https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-3.69-75Keywords:
E.I. Pugachev’s rebellion, Military Collegium, Novomoskovsky tract, government troops, V.A. KarAbstract
More than 250 years ago, an uprising led by E.I. Pugachev broke out on the southeastern borders of the Russian Empire, which in a short period of time covered a large territory of the Urals and the Volga region. The first attempts of government troops to suppress these unrest were unsuccessful, and among them the campaign (expedition) of Major General V.A. Kar, during which systemic shortcomings were revealed both in the command and control of troops and in the measures taken by local authorities. Prejudiced attitude towards the rebels as “cowardly men and rabble”, ignorance of the natural conditions of the Ural steppes and a number of other factors led to the failure of government troops in the fight against the Pugachevites in the initial stage of the uprising.
For citation: Tukhvatulin A.Kh. The reasons for the failure of the V.A. Kar’s campaign against the rebels led by E.I. Pugachev in the autumn of 1773. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2024, vol.14, no.3, pp.69–75. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-3.69-75 (In Russian)
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