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Pugachyov
Town in Saratov Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pugachyov (Russian: Пугачёв, IPA: [pʊgɐˈtɕɵf]) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Irgiz River (Volga's tributary), 246 kilometers (153 mi) northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 41,707 (2010 Census);[2] 41,436 (2002 Census);[8] 40,947 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
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History
It was founded as the sloboda of Mechetnaya (Мечетная) in 1764 by Old Believers who returned from Poland.[citation needed] In 1835, it was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk (Никола́евск), after the Tsar Nicholas I.[citation needed] In 1918, it was renamed after Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of the Cossack insurrection of the 1770s.[citation needed]
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.[10] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Pugachyov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[10]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[citation needed] 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.[4]
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Culture
A branch of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense is located in the town.
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