Bäxtiyär Qanqayev, or Bäxtiyär Qanqay uğlı (, pronounced , , ''Bakhtiyar Kankayev'') was a colonel in
Yemelyan Pugachev
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; ; ) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, a major popular uprising in the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great.
The son of a Do ...
's rebel army, joined the rebellion in December 1773. He agitated people to join the rebellion in
Kungur
Kungur () is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva ( Kama's basin). Population: 62,173 ( 2023 Estimate).
History
Kungur was founded ...
,
Ufa
Ufa is a city in Russia and the capital of the republic of Bashkortostan.
UFA or Ufa may also refer to:
Places
* Ufa (river), a river in Russia; a tributary of the Belaya
* Ufa International Airport, near the Russian city
* Ufa railway statio ...
and
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...
s, and united Tatar rebels to own unit. Participated in the
battle of Kazan. In 1774 his unit was defeated by governmental forces near
Balıq Bistäse. His subsequent fate is unknown. Qanqayev is said to have possibly been a part of the
Mishar Tatar
Mishar Tatar or Western Tatar (Мишәр, ''Mişär / Mişər'', Мишәр Татар, ''Mişär / Mişər Tatar'', көнбатыш татар, ''könbatış tatar'') is a dialect of Tatar language, Tatar spoken by Mishar Tatars, mainly in Pen ...
ethnos.
Bäxtiär Qanqayıv in art
Tufan Miñnullin wrote a historical play "Bäxtiär Qanqay uğlı" in 1974. There is an audio recording in the archives of Tatarstan radio from 1978.
See also
*
Bulat-Batyr (a 1928 Tatar silent film, devoted to Pugachev rebellion)
References
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Tatar people from the Russian Empire
18th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire
Muslims from the Russian Empire