Solyanoy bunt

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Solyanoy bunt was a major 1648 popular uprising in Moscow sparked by discontent over salt taxes and broader social and political grievances against the Tsarist government.

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instanceOf popular uprising
rebellion
riot
chronologicallyBefore Copper Riot
Streltsy uprisings
surface form: Moscow Uprising of 1682
country Tsardom of Russia
hasCause corruption of officials
fiscal crisis of the Tsardom of Russia
political grievances
popular discontent with taxation
salt tax
social grievances
hasContext 17th-century Russian tax reforms
early reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
hasNameInEnglish Salt Riot
hasNameInRussian Соляной бунт
location Moscow
mainTarget Moscow bureaucracy
government officials
nobility residences in Moscow
opposedTo Tsarist government
boyar elite
participant Moscow townspeople
artisans
lower urban classes
soldiers
relatedTo tax revolts
urban unrest in early modern Russia
result deaths of officials and nobles
destruction of property in Moscow
partial concessions by the Tsarist authorities
violent clashes in Moscow
significance demonstrated vulnerability of Tsarist authority to urban revolts
influenced later Russian fiscal and administrative policies
startTime 1648

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Salt Riot alsoKnownAs Solyanoy bunt