The Stolen Goods: A look into the history of banditry and swashbucklery

29. Yemelyan Pugachev: Outlaw and Russian Revolutionist

Ryan McCarthy

In the 1770's when Russia was becoming a global power and Nobles were getting used to the modern world, the lower class paid a hefty price. One man named Yemalyan Ivanovich Pugachev decided not to take it any more and started a revolution that shook the Russian crown to its core and inspired another revolution almost 150 years later.

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