Pugachev/Pugachyov/Pugachov (feminine:Pugacheva/Pugachyova/Pugachova) is a Russian surname, , commonly ritten without diacritics: . Notable people with the surname include: Alla Pugacheva (born 1949), Russian musical performer Gleb Pugachyov (born 2008), Russian ice hockey player Sergei Pugachev (born 1963), Russian politician (1878–1934), Jewish Zionist educator active in Warsaw, Moscow, Berlin, and Palestine Viktor Pugachev (born 1948), Russian test pilot Yemelyan Pugachev (c. 1742–1775), leader of the Cossack insurrection in Russia