Pugachyovskaya, Volgograd Oblast Explained
| Official Name: | Pugachyovskaya |
| Native Name: | Пугачёвская |
| Settlement Type: | Stanitsa |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Volgograd Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Volgograd Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kotelnikovsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +4:00 |
| Coordinates: | 48°N 52°W[1] |
Pugachyovskaya (ru|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.
Geography
Pugachyovskaya is located on the east bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir, 50 km north of Kotelnikovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Primorsky is the nearest rural locality.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Пугачевская станица на карте . 2021-06-17 . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201735/https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/kotelnikovskiy-rayon/pugachevskaya-stanica/ . live .
- Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Волгоградской области
- Web site: Пугачевская станица на карте . 2021-06-17 . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201735/https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/kotelnikovskiy-rayon/pugachevskaya-stanica/ . live .
- Book: McGrigor, Mary. The Tsar's Doctor. 2013-03-08. Birlinn. 9780857905642. en. 2020-10-03. 2024-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20240526192252/https://books.google.com/books?id=sdy8BQAAQBAJ&q=Yemelyan+Pugachev+Ataman&pg=PT31#v=snippet&q=Yemelyan%20Pugachev%20Ataman&f=false. live.
- Web site: Расстояние от Котельникова до Пугачевской . 2021-06-17 . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202811/http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_kotelnikovo-34_pugachevskaja-34 . live .
