En Name: | Bolshiye Goly |
Ru Name: | Большие Голы |
Coordinates: | 53.8711°N 106.0053°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | 2012 |
Adm District Jur: | Kachugsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Village |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2004 |
Mun District Jur: | Kachugsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Kachugskoye Rural Settlement |
Established Date: | 1720 |
Postal Codes: | 666202 |
Date: | November 2013 |
Bolshiye Goly (Russian: Больши́е Го́лы) is a rural locality (a village) in Kachugsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Lena River.
According to the locals, the village was established in 1720.[2] Throughout its existence, the majority of its inhabitants have had jobs based around arable farming and cattle cultivation. In the 18th-19th centuries, the village was famous for manufacturing of the big and small boats.
Roman Mashkov, the Hero of the Soviet Union, was born in the village on September 22, 1922. He left for the war front in October 1941 and returned in 1945 to continue working in the village.[3]