Salt Riot

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The Salt Riot was a major 1648 uprising in Moscow sparked by unpopular salt taxes and broader discontent with corruption and hardship during the early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.

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Generate an image of the Salt Riot (The Salt Riot was a major 1648 uprising in Moscow sparked by unpopular salt taxes and broader discontent with corruption and hardship during the early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.)

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Salt Riot canonical 5
Salt Riot of 1648 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf popular revolt ⓘ
riot ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Salt Uprising ⓘ
Solyanoy bunt ⓘ
chronology early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia ⓘ
country Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
describedBySource Russian chronicles of the 17th century ⓘ
modern historiography of early Romanov Russia ⓘ
field Russian history ⓘ
follows Time of Troubles ⓘ
hasCause corruption of officials ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
fiscal reforms of Boris Morozov ⓘ
popular discontent ⓘ
salt tax ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-corruption ⓘ
anti-tax ⓘ
spontaneous mass protest ⓘ
violent ⓘ
hasEffect increased tension between tsar and nobility ⓘ
influence on later Russian urban revolts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
location Moscow ⓘ
mainSubject salt tax policy ⓘ
opponent Moscow authorities ⓘ
boyar elite ⓘ
government of Tsar Alexis of Russia ⓘ
participant Muscovite townspeople ⓘ
artisans ⓘ
lower urban classes ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
partOf urban uprisings in 17th-century Russia ⓘ
pointInTime June 1648 ⓘ
result dismissal of Boris Morozov from power ⓘ
execution of unpopular officials ⓘ
partial concessions to rioters ⓘ
revocation or reduction of salt tax ⓘ
strengthening of central authority after suppression ⓘ
significantPerson Boris Morozov ⓘ
Leonty Pleshcheyev ⓘ
Nazar Chisty ⓘ
Tsar Alexis of Russia ⓘ
startTime 1648 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexis of Russia → notableEvent → Salt Riot ⓘ
government of Tsar Alexis of Russia → significantEvent → Salt Riot of 1648 ⓘ
linked to: Salt Riot
Nazar Chisty → participatedIn → Salt Riot ⓘ
Solyanoy bunt → hasNameInEnglish → Salt Riot ⓘ
Tsar Alexis of Russia → notableEvent → Salt Riot of 1648 ⓘ
linked to: Salt Riot
Boris Morozov → significantEvent → Salt Riot ⓘ