10 Facts About Yemelyan Pugachev

Yemelyan Pugachev was captured soon after by his own Cossacks and turned over to the authorities.

Alexander Pushkin wrote a notable history of the rebellion, The History of Yemelyan Pugachev, and recounted the events of the uprising in his novel The Captain's Daughter.

Yemelyan Pugachev returned home in 1762, and for the next seven years divided his time between his home village and several service assignments.

In 1770, Yemelyan Pugachev requested leave to return home to recover from a severe illness, later seeking permanent discharge.

Yemelyan Pugachev returned to Russia in the autumn of 1772 by pretending to be an Old Believer wishing to return home.

Yemelyan Pugachev received a visa to settle in the Malykovka district, where he most likely first heard of the Yaik Cossacks rebellion.

Yemelyan Pugachev, posing as a wealthy merchant, reportedly tested the feelings of the Cossacks at the Yaitsk by suggesting that he led a mass exodus into Turkey.

Yemelyan Pugachev told the story that he and his principal adherents had escaped from the clutches of Catherine.

The Yemelyan Pugachev rebellion had a long-lasting effect on Russia for years to come.

Yemelyan Pugachev is stabbed seemingly to death by Catherine at the end of the second season, but is then revealed to be alive, setting the stage for his rebellion in the third season.