battle, early modern

Battle of Tsaritsyn

Name: Battle of Tsaritsyn
Location: Volgograd, Russia

Battle of Tsaritsyn was a battle fought in 1774 at Volgograd, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Volgograd. It was part of the Pugachev's Rebellion, which ran from 1773 to 1775. The recorded result: Russian victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 men against 10,000 men.

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Fought1774

WhereVolgograd, Russia48.709N, 44.515E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRussian victory

BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstSerfs

Casualties and losses90 killedand2,000 killed; 6,000 captured

Part ofPugachev's Rebellion1773 to 1775

Where it sits in the Pugachev's Rebellion

5 placed engagements of the Pugachev's Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1774 (year precision)
Place	Volgograd, Russia 48.709N, 44.515E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	5,000 men	10,000 men
Casualties and losses	90 killed	2,000 killed; 6,000 captured
Commanders	Ivan Mikhelson	Yemelyan Pugachev

Placed at Volgograd; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Tsaritsyn 1918, 1.0 km S
Battle of Stalingrad 1942, 1.5 km NE
Attack on Stalingrad 1942, 3.3 km SW
Battle of Kalach 1942, 76 km W
Sack of Sarai (1502) 1420, 278 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Ikovskaya Sloboda 19 March 1774
All 5 engagements of Pugachev's Rebellion

Elsewhere in 1774

Battle of Tsaritsyn is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55656651, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tsaritsyn (1774), revision 1370591681, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.