Movement of Koktemir

In September 1775, a man appeared in the Tabyn and Tama clans of the Junior Zhuz, whose name was a legend. The Kazakhs called him «Köktemir» or Invisible. Considering himself Pugachev's successor, Köktemir man campaigned for the continuation of the struggle. His appeals were very popular in the villages of the Junior Zhuz.

Later it turned out that the Köktemir person is 22-year-old Sapura from the Tabyn clan.

In the spring of 1776 , the detachments of Seydala Sultan made a series of campaigns against the Bashkirs, who participated in punitive expeditions. Along the border line, it became restless again, the Kazakh detachments began to attack the fortresses, burn fodder and food, and capture prisoners.

Large groups of rebels, numbering 10 thousand people, attacked fortresses, settlements and cities. Attacks were made on the Verkhneuralsk, Tanalytsk, Orsk fortresses, on the Iletsk defense and Orenburg.

Frightened by the new echoes of the Pugachev's rebellion, the government of Catherine II began to bribe the feudal elite of the Junior Zhuz . Thus, back in February 1776, Dusaly Sultan, along with many other feudal lords, withdrew from the uprising . This caused a split in the camp of Köktemir, and fearing new repressions, the rebellious Kazakhs migrated deep into the steppes.[1][2][3]

• Kazakh rebellions
• Kazakh Khanate
• Kazakh Zhuzes
• Ablai Khan
• Abylai Khan's invasion of Novo-Ishim Line
• Pugachev's rebellion
• Uprising of Syrym Datuly