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2 unusual facts about Ivan Bolotnikov


Ivan Bolotnikov

By the order of Grigory Shakhovskoy, Bolotnikov and his large army advanced to Kromy (today’s Oryol Oblast) in August 1606, defeating the Muscovite army under the command of Prince Yury Trubetskoy.

Kargopolsky District

For instance, Ivan Bolotnikov, the leader of the peasant insurgence, was sent to Kargopol in 1607, where he was blinded and then drowned.



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