ā¦deserters, and conscripted labourers under Kondraty Bulavin, a Cossack ataman (hetman), rose up in arms against the boyars and chiefs, foreigners and tax collectors, and the official church. Between 1704ā06 and 1720ā25 hungry peasants rioted against conscription and taxation. The secret police and punitive military expeditions stamped out all oppositionā¦
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