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According to Wiki, Pugachev's rebellion (1773-1775) "recruited not only Cossacks, but Russian peasants and factory workers". Factories and factory workers existed in 1770s Russia? What kind of industrial production was present before the First Industrial Revolution?

by /u/byzantine_meme in /r/AskHistorians

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