Catherine the Great resettled a subgroup of these people in Kuban to solidify Russian control in the Caucasus amidst conflict with the Ottomans. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these people often recruited into the Russian Army whose Yaik host revolted under Yemelyan Pugachev.
ANSWER: Cossacks [accept Black Sea Cossack Host]
[10h] The Black Sea Cossack Host’s settlement in Kuban coincided with the forcible resettlement of people named for this ruler west of the Don River then to the Caspian Sea. This ruler received Bulgarian peasant leader Ivaylo in his court, but allowed his murder during a feast.
ANSWER: Nogai Khan [or Noğay Khan; accept Nogais]
[10m] This man put down the Kuban Nogai Uprising, which arose out of opposition to a plan to resettle the group to the Urals. With Black Sea Cossack Host support, this man besieged the fortress of Izmail.
ANSWER: Alexander Suvorov [or Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky]
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