Uljanovsk Ul'yanovskaya Oblast Russia

...Simbirsk (modern Ulyanovsk) defies all efforts, and after two bloody encounters close at hand on the banks of the Sviyaga River (October 1st and 4th), Razin is ultimately routed by the tsarist troops and flees down the Volga, leaving the bulk of his followers to be extirpated by the victors.