Pugachev (Russian: Емельян Пугачёв) is a 1978 historical drama film, directed by Alexey Saltykov and starring Yevgeny Matveyev and Vija Artmane.

In 1773, the Don Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev, on the run, finds refuge with Filaret, a renowned Old Believer abbot, and then hides at the Taly settlement with Stepan Obolyaev, its owner.

Empress Catherine the Great struggles to raise a substantial army against the rebels, as the regular forces are tied up in the ongoing Russo-Turkish War.

Meanwhile, Pugachev learns of the death of discontented chieftain Mitya Lysov, sends Chika as an emissary to Ufa, and marries Ustinya Kuznetsova, a Yaik Cossack woman.

Facing doubts among his followers about support from peasants, Pugachev holds a court in a seized estate, sentencing a cruel landowner, and meets an artist who paints his portrait.