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Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev, also spelled Sergey Pugachyov (French: Sergueï Pougatchev; Russian: Сергей Викторович Пугачёв; born 4 February 1963), is a Russian-born French business magnate. [1] He is a doctor of technical sciences and a member of the International Engineering Academy. Pugachev moved to the United States ...
Yemelyan Pugachev (c. 1742–1775), leader of the Cossack insurrection in Russia Sergei Pugachev (born 1963), Russian politician Shneur Zalman Pugachov [ he ] (1878–1934), Jewish Zionist educator active in Warsaw, Moscow, Berlin, and Palestine
Pugachev, the son of a small Don Cossack landowner, was the youngest son of four children. Born in the stanitsa Zimoveyskaya (in present-day Volgograd Oblast), he signed on to military service at the age of 17. One year later, he married a Cossack girl, Sofya Nedyuzheva, with whom he had five children, two of whom died in infancy. [1]
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This rebellion gradually escalates into a full-scale peasant war, spreading across a vast territory. During the fighting, Pugachev's forces capture many fortresses, with his ranks swelling with Cossacks, serfs, factory peasants, and escaped convicts. The Bashkir cavalry, led by singer Salavat Yulaev and Colonel Kinzei Arslanov, also joins them.
Pugachev quells the discord and leads his forces toward Kazan. In Kazan, Sofya and her children are captured but refuse to reveal Pugachev’s identity. Filimon infiltrates the city and attempts to rally support for Pugachev but is forced to flee. Pugachev storms Kazan, freeing his family and allowing Praskovya to take revenge on a former ...
Vasily Alexeyevich Kar (Russian: Василий Алексеевич Кар; 1730 – 25 February 1806) was a Russian general chiefly noted for his defeat in the early stages of Pugachev's Rebellion. His defeat allowed the rebellion to grow into a major threat to the government of Catherine the Great until later army expeditions were able to ...
Sergei Sergeyevich Bodrov (Russian: Сергей Сергеевич Бодров; December 27, 1971 – September 20, 2002), also known as Sergei Bodrov Jr., was a Russian actor and screenwriter who had lead roles in the films Brother, Prisoner of the Mountains, East/West and Brother 2. [1]