Kulaga is a robber ataman , a runaway serf and deserter , who organized a river pirate gang operating along the water routes of the Oka , Volga, and Caspian Sea in 1774-1775 [1] . Accidentally caught in Dubovka and hanged in 1775 in Tsaritsyno .
| Kulaga | |
|---|---|
| Konstantin Vasilyevich Dudkin | |
| Date of death | 1775 |
| Place of death | Tsaritsyn |
| Nationality | Russian empire |
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Biography
The fortress of the Golitsyn princes from the village of Otereva, Nizhny Novgorod Uyezd (near Borisov Field), fled to the Volga in 1755. The following years are unknown; in 1761 he was captured by the authorities in Astrakhan . During interrogation he was called “unremarkable relatives”, but after a 3-month arrest he declared himself a fugitive recruit Stepan Kulagin. The alleged recruit was determined in the Samara regiment, where he served 13 years [2] . He deserted in 1774, organized a band of gangsters who used mainly water routes, for his impudent and successful robberies he became known as the robber ataman of “ Kulaga ”. Known members of the gang: Kazan seminary Silantyev and a fugitive serf of the Georgian Tsarevich George Vakhtangovich Fedor Vasilyev from the village of Lyskoga. The first robbery was the Samara official Torpakov, then the villages of Gorbatovo , Izbilyets , Podvyazye , Dudin Monastery were subjected to robberies [3] . September 25, 1775 in Dubovka Posad, the military foreman of the Volga Cossack Army, Andrei Persian, accidentally intercepted a boat with 4 Kulagi accomplices by accident at night, on the same day Kulagu recognized the “fabulous” Ivanov Astrakhan chancellery in the Dublin tavern , he was also captured. On October 9, all those arrested were sent to Tsaritsyn, where they later hanged [4] .
See also
- Banditry
Notes
- ↑ Kulag, the robber chieftain // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron “Kulag” article
- ↑ Rubashkin A.S. Treasures and robbers of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
- ↑ Minh A.N. Dubovka of Tsaritsyn district // Historical and geographical dictionary of the Saratov province. Southern counties: Kamyshensky and Tsaritsynsky. - 1902 year.
Literature
- Kulag, robber ataman // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Mordovians . “Impostors and the Free-Run Freedom” (St. Petersburg, 1867, v. 11, 27–47).