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Ivan Isayevich Bolotnikov (Иван Исаевич Болотников) (?—
1608) was the leader of the uprising of
1606-
1607 (
Bolotnikov rebellion, Восстание Ивана Болотникова), which was part of the
Time of Troubles in
Russia.
Bolotnikov was a fugitive
kholop (a kholop, also chlop in Polish is a serf,
slave), who joined the
Cossacks, was captured by
Crimean Tatars, sold in
Turkey to
galleys, escaped to
Venice, learned about
False Dmitriy I and went to Russia via
Germany and
Poland. In the town of
Putyvl he gathered his first regiment. His army quickly grew, supported by promises of False Dmitriy. Its ranks comprised of serfs, free peasants, cossacks, and many other categories of the population, even several
boyars and
knyazes. In his proclamations Bolotnikov rallied not only against
tsar Vasili Shuysky, but also called for the abolition of serfdom.
At the peak of the uprising it controlled over 70 towns in Southwestern and Southern Russia and lower and middle
Volga basin. In October-December, 1606 he besieged
Moscow, but had to retreat to
Kaluga . In 1607 he was defeated and captured under
Tula. In 1608 he was blinded and drowned.
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