ABSTRACT

Kizhi uprising by Karelian assigned peasants in the Butenant metallurgy works. Conspiracy led by Strelets colonel Ivan Zickler (Feb.). Revolt of the Streltsy. Kungur uprising by assigned peasants in the Kamenskii works. Revolt in Astrakhan. Don, Zaporozhian and Ukrainian Cossack revolts (see p.163). Peasant revolt in the Volga Basin. Unrest in Moscow as torture and executions follow arrest of Alexei Petrovich (Feb.-July). About 200,000 peasants run away (mainly to Poland) to avoid the poll tax. Army man special barriers on the frontiers to catch fleeing peasants (from 8 Mar.). Moscow Suk6nnyi dvorworkers protest over transfer to private ownership.