Pugachyov (p=pʊgɐˈtɕɵf) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Irgiz River (Volga River's tributary), northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was founded as the
sloboda of
Mechetnaya (Мечетная) in 1764 by
Old Believers who returned from
Poland. In 1835, it was granted town status and renamed
Nikolayevsk (Никола́евск), after the
Tsar Nicholas I. In 1918, it was renamed after Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of the
Cossacks insurrection of the 1770s.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pugachyov serves as the administrative center of Pugachyovsky District,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as
Pugachyov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Pugachyov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Pugachevsky) is Pugachyovsky District, is incorporated within Pugachyovsky Municipal District as
Pugachyov Urban Settlement.
[Law #89-ZSO]
Culture
A branch of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense is located in the town.
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