Salavat Yulayev (Russian: Салават Юлаев) is a 1940 Soviet film directed by Yakov Protazanov, about Bashkir national hero, poet Salawat Yulayev (1754-1800) and Pugachev's Rebellion.

Together with the Russian peasants and workers of the Ural fortified factories, the Bashkir cavalry led by Colonel Salavat is in combat.

To fight Pugachev, the tsarist government sends perfectly armed regular troops under the command of Michelson.

Betrayal of the Cossack elders helps aggressors to cause serious damage to the people on Pugachev side.

Far away in the mountains, parting with his associates, Salavat encourages them: "The Bashkir people will live at ease!"