Pugachev (city)

city Pugachev Пугачёв coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Pugachev Founded 1764 City since 1835 surface 79  km² population 41,707 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 528 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84574 Post Code 41372x License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 435 Website www.pugachjov.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 1 '  N , 48 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 1 '0 "  N , 48 ° 48' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Pugachev ( Russian Пугачёв ) is a city with 41,707 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Russian Oblast of Saratov . It is a city ​​subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Pugachev district .

Geographical location

Pugachev is located in the northeastern part of the oblast, 246 km from its capital Saratov , on the Great Irgis . The nearest town is Balakowo 68 km west of Pugachev.

history

Pugachev was created after Empress Catherine II issued her manifesto for the settlement of the Volga plain in 1762 . The place was founded in 1764 as a settlement Mechetnaja ( Мечетная ) by old Orthodox who returned from Poland. The name Metschetnaja is derived from the ruins of Islamic mosques from the time of the Golden Horde found here. In 1765 the place already had 264 men. At that time the place consisted of only one street.

In 1772 Jemeljan Pugachev , the leader of the Pugachev peasant uprising , stayed in Mechetnaya. An old man is said to have advised him to present himself as the late Tsar Peter III. to spend.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the population had increased so much that after the tsarist decree of December 18, 1835, city rights were granted. At the same time the city was in honor of Nicholas I in Nikolaevsk renamed. In 1836 the city was named the capital of the Nikolayevsk district in the Samara governorate.

On November 11, 1918, the city was renamed again on the initiative of the Bolshevik military leader Vasily Chapayev . The new name Pugachev refers to Jemeljan Pugachev, the leader of the peasant uprising of 1773-75 (see above).

Population development

year	Residents
1897	12,504
1939	24,454
1959	32,725
1970	33,963
1979	39,050
1989	40,947
2002	41,436
2010	41,707

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industries in the city are:

• Flour mills
• Vodka distillery
• Large bakeries

The civil airport Pugachev is located about seven kilometers southwest of the city of Pugachev and has a 2300 meter long asphalt runway.

Personalities

• Alexei Tolstoy (1883–1945), Russian writer, was born near Nikolayevsk

See also

• List of cities in Saratov Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

• City website (Russian)
• History of the Pugachev coat of arms (Russian)