johann michelson was the russian leader who defeated the tatars at the battle of kazan.
which russian leader defeated the tatars at the battle of kazan?
johann michelson
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in 1708, the khanate of kazan was abolished, and kazan became the center of a "guberniya". after peter the great's visit, the city became a center of shipbuilding for the caspian fleet. the major russian poet gavrila romanovich derzhavin was born in kazan in 1743, the son of a poor country squire of tatar ancestry though himself having a thoroughly russian identity. kazan was largely destroyed in 1774 as a result of the pugachev revolt, a revolt by border troops and peasants led by the don cossack ataman (captain) yemelyan pugachev, but was rebuilt soon afterwards, during the reign of catherine the great. catherine also decreed that mosques could again be built in kazan, the first being marjani mosque. but discrimination against the tatars continued. in the beginning of the 19th century kazan state university and printing press were founded by alexander i. it became an important center for oriental studies in russia. the qur'an was first printed in kazan in 1801. kazan became an industrial center and peasants migrated there to join its industrial workforce. in 1875, a horse tramway appeared; 1899 saw the installation of a tramway. after the russian revolution of 1905, tatars were allowed to revive kazan as a tatar cultural center. the first tatar theater and the first tatar newspaper appeared.
history of kazan