Editing Bashkirs (section)

===Bashkir rebellions of the 17th–18th centuries===
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The Bashkirs participated in the [[Bashkir rebellion (1662–1664)|1662–64]], [[Bashkir rebellion of 1681–1684|1681–84]] and [[Bashkir Uprising (1704–11)|1704–11]] Rebellions. In 1676, the Bashkirs rebelled under a leader named Seyid Sadir or 'Seit Sadurov', and the [[Imperial Russian Army|Russian army]] had great difficulties in ending the rebellion. The Bashkirs rose again in 1707, under Aldar and Kûsyom, due to perceived ill-treatment by Imperial Russian officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/5874|title=Opinion: Lessons from History: Russia's Repression of the Bashkirs|first=Askold S.|last=Lozynskyj|website=Get the Latest Ukraine News Today - KyivPost|date=26 December 2022 }}</ref>

At the founding of [[Orenburg Oblast|Orenburg]] in 1735, the [[Bashkir rebellion of 1735–1740|fourth insurrection]] occurred in 1735 and lasted six years.<ref>Акманов И. Г. Башкирские восстания XVII–XVIII вв. Феномен в истории народов Евразии. – Уфа: Китап, 2016</ref> Ivan Kirillov formed a plan to build the fort to be called Orenburg at [[Orsk]] at the confluence of the [[Or River]] and the [[Ural River]], south-east of the Urals where the Bashkir, Kalmyk and Kazakh lands met. Work on Fort Orenburg commenced at Orsk in 1735. However, by 1743 the site of [[Orenburg]] was moved a further 250&nbsp;km west to its current location. The next planned construction was to be a fort on the [[Aral Sea]]. The consequence of the Aral Sea fort would involve crossing Bashkir and the [[Little jüz|Kazakh Lesser Horde]] lands, some of whom had recently offered a nominal submission to the Russian Crown.

The southern side of Bashkiria was partitioned by the Orenburg Line of forts. The forts ran from [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] on the Volga east as far as the [[Samara (Volga)|Samara River]] headwaters. It then crossed to the middle of the [[Ural River]] and following the river course east and then north on the eastern side of the Urals. It then went east along the [[Uy River (Tobol basin)|Uy River]] to Ust-Uisk on the [[Tobol River]] where it connected to the ill-defined 'Siberian Line' along the forest-steppe boundary.

In 1774, the Bashkirs, under the leadership of [[Salawat Yulayev|Salavat Yulayev]], supported [[Pugachev's Rebellion]]. In 1786, the Bashkirs achieved tax-free status; and in 1798 Russia formed an [[Irregular military|irregular]] Bashkir army from among them.