first, from 1772 to 1774, arose from tensions
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- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 292-295 · open book
The first, from 1772 to 1774, arose from tensions created by imperial management strategies applied in the middle Volga region-playing diverse groups off against each other, trying to keep nomads from defecting to the Qing, ex tending Russian fortifications, using Cossack forces, encouraging settlement by Russians and by foreigners.