Bolshevo Explained

En Name:Bolshevo
Ru Name:Болшево
Map Label Position:top
Coordinates:55.9333°N 88°W
Federal Subject:Moscow Oblast
Adm City Jur:Korolev Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Pop 2010Census:1000
Current Cat Date Ref:[1]

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.

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Charter of Yubileyny Urban Okrug, Article 2
  2. Web site: «Станция Болшево: перекресток судеб. 1939»: чем уникальна выставка в Королеве . korolevriamo.ru . РИАМО . 11 June 2020.