Pugachyovskaya, Volgograd Oblast
Pugachyovskaya
Пугачёвская | |
|---|---|
Stanitsa | |
  Pugachyovskaya  Pugachyovskaya | |
| Coordinates: 48°00′N 43°09′E / 48.000°N 43.150°E[1] | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Volgograd Oblast |
| District | Kotelnikovsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
Geography
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Пугачевская станица на карте". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Волгоградской области
- ^ "Пугачевская станица на карте". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ McGrigor, Mary (2013-03-08). The Tsar's Doctor. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857905642. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Расстояние от Котельникова до Пугачевской". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
