Pugachyovskaya, Volgograd Oblast

Pugachyovskaya
Пугачёвская
Stanitsa
Pugachyovskaya is located in Volgograd Oblast
Pugachyovskaya
Pugachyovskaya
Pugachyovskaya is located in Russia
Pugachyovskaya
Pugachyovskaya
Coordinates: 48°00′N 43°09′E / 48.000°N 43.150°E / 48.000; 43.150[1]
CountryRussia
RegionVolgograd Oblast
DistrictKotelnikovsky District
Time zoneUTC+4:00

Pugachyovskaya (Russian: Пугачёвская) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Pugachyovskoye Rural Settlement, Kotelnikovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 654 as of 2010.[2] There are 12 streets.[3]

It is named after Yemelyan Pugachev, an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks who was born in this village. He is famous for having led a great popular insurrection during the reign of Catherine the Great.[4] The original name "Zimoveyskaya" was changed after his defeat to Potemkinskaya. In 1917, following the October Revolution, it was renamed in his honor.

  1. ^ "Пугачевская станица на карте". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ^ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Волгоградской области
  3. ^ "Пугачевская станица на карте". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ McGrigor, Mary (2013-03-08). The Tsar's Doctor. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857905642. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2020-10-03.