The Pugachev Rebellion and Russian Society In 1773 a massive rebellion against Catherine the Great  It was led by Emelian Pugachev (1742 -1775) a Cossack who claimed to be Peter III  In 1775 Catherine put a stop to the rebellion by imposing administrative centralism by reorganizing Russian into 50 provinces and putting landlords in charge of local government Under Peter and Catherine II Russia became a first- rat European military and diplomatic power
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