Pugachev

Drama, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Pavel Petrov-Bytov

Status Released

Release Date 1937-02-05

Storyline

1773. The film tells the story of one of the most devastating events in the history of the Russian Empire—the Cossack uprising led by Emelyan Pugachev, which escalated into a civil war for the imperial throne, with Pugachev proclaiming himself Peter III.