Bolshoye Selo, Yaroslavl Oblast Explained

En Name:Bolshoye Selo
Ru Name:Большое Село
Coordinates:57.7167°N 95°W
Map Label Position:bottom
Federal Subject:Yaroslavl Oblast
Adm District Jur:Bolsheselsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Bolsheselsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Pop 2010Census:3522

Bolshoye Selo (Russian: Большо́е Село́) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Bolsheselsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population:

History

Bolshoye Selo was first mentioned in 1567 as belonging to the princely House of Mstislavl. In 1706, Peter the Great gave the property to Count Boris Sheremetev. The Shheremetev family owned the Yukhot volost until 1917. The church of St. Paraskevi was built in 1747 on the Yuhkot River.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.yarregion.ru/eng/Pages/towns_districts_BOLSHESELSKY_DISTRICT.aspx BOLSHESELSKY DISTRICT