0 0 . ▁E ight ▁thousand ▁Bash k irs ▁attacked ▁a ▁Russian ▁camp ▁and ▁killed ▁ 1 5 8 , ▁losing ▁ 4 0 ▁killed ▁and ▁three ▁prisoners ▁who ▁were ▁prompt ly ▁h anged . ▁Bash kir ▁reb els ▁also ▁attacked ▁Bash k irs ▁loyal ▁to ▁Russia . ▁Le aders ▁who ▁submitted ▁were ▁sometimes ▁f ined ▁one ▁horse ▁per ▁household ▁and ▁sometimes ▁h anged . ▁ ▁Bash k irs ▁fought ▁on ▁both ▁sides , ▁with ▁Bash k irs ▁const itut ing ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁Russian ▁troops ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 0 . ▁N umer ous ▁leaders ▁rose ▁and ▁fell . ▁The ▁odd est ▁was ▁Kar as ak al ▁or ▁Black be ard ▁who ▁pret ended ▁to ▁have ▁ 8 2 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁on ▁the ▁Ar al ▁Sea ▁and ▁had ▁his ▁follow ers ▁proc laim ▁him ▁' K han ▁of ▁Bash ki ria '. ▁His ▁nose ▁had ▁been ▁partly ▁cut ▁off ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁only ▁one ▁ear . ▁Such ▁m util ations ▁are ▁standard ▁Imperial ▁pun ish ments . ▁The ▁Kaz ak hs ▁of ▁the ▁Little ▁Hor de ▁interven ed ▁on ▁the ▁Russian ▁side , ▁then ▁switched ▁to ▁the ▁Bash k irs ▁and ▁then ▁with d rew . ▁Kir il lov ▁died ▁of ▁disease ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁several ▁changes ▁of ▁commander . ▁All ▁this ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Em press ▁Anna ▁of ▁Russia ▁and ▁the ▁Rus so - T urk ish ▁War ▁( 1 7 3 5 – 1 7 3 9 ). ▁The