Streltsy Revolt
May 26, 1698
The traditional Russian musketeer regiments, unhappy with Peter I's western reforms and long absences, rose in revolt and marched on Moscow. Peter hurried home from his Grand Embassy, crushed the rebellion, and personally participated in the torture and execution of hundreds of streltsy. The old Russia was being hunted down.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.