Pugachyov

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Pugachyov (Template:Lang-rus) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Irgiz River (Volga's tributary), Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]

History

It was founded as the sloboda of Mechetnaya (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1764 by Old Believers who returned from Poland.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1835, it was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk (Script error: No such module "Lang".), after the Tsar Nicholas I.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1918, it was renamed after Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of the Cossack insurrection of the 1770s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pugachyov serves as the administrative center of Pugachyovsky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Pugachyov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[4]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.[5]

Culture

A branch of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense is located in the town.

See also

References

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The Resurrection Cathedral in Pugachyov

Notes

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  4. a b Script error: No such module "Lang". (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 435, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  5. Law #89-ZSO

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