Today we would like to introduce Stepan “Stenka” Rasin. Rasin succeeded in rebelling against the tsar and the nobles on the Volga, controlling large parts of southern Russia and causing fear and terror in today’s Kazakhstan and Iran. The rise of Stenka Razin (which is often spelled with a “s”) resulted in the largest uprising … Continue reading Stenka Razin – A Cossack who scared the tsar