Pugachev's Rebellion
Pugachev's Rebellion (Peasants' War 1773-75, Cossack Rebellion) of 1773-75 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a disaffected ex-lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Army, against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman Empire. After initial success, Pugachev assumed leadership of an alternative government in the name of the assassinated Tsar Peter III and proclaimed an end to serfdom. This organized leadership presented a challenge to the imperial administration of Catherine II.
Mikhail Artemyev
In 1922, he fled from Yakutsk and joined the rebel army Korobeynikov and joined the Yakut revolt. After the failure of the revolt, he hid with his squad in the taigas. In early 1923, he joined the army of General Anatoly Pepelyayev, with whom he served as leader of the White Guerrilla units. After the defeat of Pepelyayev in March 1923, he again hid in the taiga, and participated in the Tungus Uprising from 1924 until 1925, which established the Provisional Tungus Central National Government. He became one of the detachment commanders.