Wozdwizhenskaya Fortress

Wozdwizhenskaya Fortress
Type Fort
Site information
Controlled by Russian Empire
Site history
Built 1742[1]
In use 1743-1918
Battles/wars Pugachev's Rebellion

Wozdwizhenskaya Fortress (1742) on the Sakmara River was the second fort built as a part of Sakmara Distance by Ivan Neplyuyev during his governance of the Orenburg Commission. It was located on the Sakmara River, southeast of Orenburg, 100 miles (160 km) west of Orsk and 30 miles (48 km) north of Werneozernaya Fortress. It was built for protection against raids of nomadic Kyrgyz tribes for capturing of slaves from the Russian frontiers on the Caspian Sea and slave trading to Khiva.

The Wozdwizhenskaya Cossacks supported the Imperial government during the Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773—1775.[2] The Fortress was completely destroyed by the bombardment of the Red Guards units in May 1918 for supporting the counterrevolution of Alexander Dutov against the Soviet authorities.[3]

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Coordinates: 51°45′27″N 56°25′40″E / 51.7575°N 56.4278°E / 51.7575; 56.4278

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