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 …

Stenka Razin was a leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion on Russia’s southeastern frontier (1670–71). Born into a well-to-do Don Cossack family, Stenka Razin grew up amid the …

RAZIN, STEPAN (known as Stenka; 1630? – 1671), leader of one of the more destructive Cossack rebellions in Russian history. Razin was born near Cherkassk on the southern Don …

Jun 8, 2018 · Stepan Timofeyvich Razin, also known as Stenka Razin, is the hero of innumerable folksongs, legends and works of art. The most popular motif is his (legendary) sacrifice of his …

Stenka Razin became a champion of the poor, a Russian Robin Hood, a legend among the people, many of whom hoped that he would rise after death to lead them in final emancipation …

Jun 6, 2010 · Stenka Razin’s unpleasant end came with the consolation of a ticket to immortality as Russia’s go-to folklore bandit. In life, Razin led the most renowned internal rising against …

Stepan (Stenka) Razin was a 40-year-old Cossack from an upper-class family whose godfather was Kornila Yakovlev, the ataman, or high commander, of the Don regional army. A tall …

Apr 24, 2012 · Together with Ivan Isakov, the Don and Zaporozhian Cossacks in 1661, Stepan Razin participated in negotiations with the Kalmyks on joint opposition to the Crimean Tatars …

STEPHEN TIMOFEEVICH RAZIN (d. 1671), Cossack hetman and rebel, whose parentage and date and place of birth are unknown. We first hear of him in 1661 on a diplomatic mission from …

Razin, Stenka (stĕngˈkä räˈzēn), d. 1671, Don Cossack leader, head of the peasant revolt of 1670. As commander of a band of propertyless Don Cossacks, he raided and pillaged …