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.

[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] 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] A branch of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense is located in the town.