Pugachyov
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, 1 km from center (Пугачёв)
World / Russia / Saratov
city, district center
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).
It was founded as the sloboda of Mechetnaya (Мечетная) in 1764 by Old Believers who returned from Poland. In 1835, it was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk (Никола́евск), after the Tsar Nicholas I. In 1918, it was renamed after Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of the Cossack insurrection of the 1770s.
It was founded as the sloboda of Mechetnaya (Мечетная) in 1764 by Old Believers who returned from Poland. In 1835, it was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk (Никола́евск), after the Tsar Nicholas I. In 1918, it was renamed after Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of the Cossack insurrection of the 1770s.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugachyov
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°0'50"N 48°47'24"E
- Samara 183 km
- Saratov 208 km
- Ulyanovsk 275 km
- Orenburg 425 km
- Kazan 435 km
- Ufa 567 km
- Chelyabinsk 892 km
- Kopeysk 905 km
- Makhachkala 994 km
- Kurgan 1140 km
- Overpass 0.5 km
- Cemetery 0.7 km
- Overpass 1.7 km
- Overpass 1.7 km
- Level crossing 2.2 km
- Level crossing 2.3 km
- Mil Mi-24V 2.7 km
- Level crossing 4.7 km
- Railway bridge 5.7 km
- Channel 6.3 km
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