Bolshevo
Bolshevo (Russian: Бо́лшево) is the area of the city of Korolyov (an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, well known as the cradle of Soviet and Russian space exploration), the historical part of it. It was founded as an independent town in 1573. It is best known as giving the name of Bolshevo railway station which is located on Yaroslavsky suburban railway line, Moscow.
Bolshevo Болшево | |
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Bolshevo Location of Bolshevo Bolshevo Bolshevo (Moscow Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 55°56′N 37°51′E / 55.933°N 37.850°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
| Founded | 1573 |
| Town status since | [1] |
| Elevation | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,000 |
| • Subordinated to | Korolev Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
In 2019 the exhibition Station Bolshevo: the crossroads of fate, 1939 commemorated a notebook of the poet Marina Tsvetaeva which contains translations she made of 12 poems by Mikhail Lermontov into French whilst in Bolshevo. A second notebook belonging to Sergei Durylin was also featured. This contained chapters from his book In His Own Corner which covered his stay in Bolshevo, also in 1939.[3]
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- ^ Charter of Yubileyny Urban Okrug, Article 2
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "«Станция Болшево: перекресток судеб. 1939»: чем уникальна выставка в Королеве". korolevriamo.ru. РИАМО. Retrieved 11 June 2020.