involved not only the Ural, but much of south-eastern Russia, and resulted in a loss of the government control there. After its suppression, Empress Catherine issued a decree of 15 January 1775 to rename most of the places involved in the revolt, in order to erase the memory of it. Thus the Yaik River and the city of Yaitsk were renamed to the Ural River and Uralsk, respectively, and the Yaik Cossacks became the Ural Cossacks. References Bibliography Rivers of Kazakhstan Rivers of Russia Tributaries of the Caspian Sea Rivers of Chelyabinsk Oblast Rivers of Bashkortostan Rivers of Orenburg Oblast Border rivers International rivers of Asia International rivers of Europe Ural Mountains History of Ural