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The 18th century witnessed Cossack leaders firmly established within Russia's Empire buffer zones along its borders. Expansive ambitions within the Empire were deeply intertwined with securing the unwavering loyalty of these enigmatic Cossacks. Their age-old affinity for democratic governance and self-determination consistently put them at odds with the oppressive grasp of the Empire, leading to a climate of great unease. Stenka Razin, Kondraty Bulavin, Ivan Mazepa and Yemelyan Pugachev stood out among Cossack revolutionaries as their campaigns for the dismantling of brutal imperial rule sparked widespread revolt throughout the land. Empowered by their disdain for feudal shackles and repressive bureaucratic control, these rebellious figures pushed relentlessly towards safeguarding Cossack sovereignty, even in the face of the Empire's ferocious retaliations. Following Stenka Razin's rebellion against entrenched authority in 1670, Bulavin unleashed fierce violence in his battle cry to rid Russia of what he considered oppressive Imperial dominance from 1707 to 1708. His crusade left scars as deep as those that formed on Baturyn when Mazepa led an impassioned rebellion from within the host city, and as darkly as 1775 etched its solemn memorial, signifying the definitive dismantling of the Cossack state beneath Imperial tyranny's yoke.