Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty

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Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty (

rural locality (a hamlet), administrative centre of Bolshemordovsko-poshatskoye rural Locality of Yelnikovsky District, Mordovia, Russia
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Etymology

Pre-Christian Moksha name Pashat and velä "village" is for Pashat's village'".

History

Mentioned in 1614 among 9 villages of Steldema belyak together with "Anayeva, Shapkina, Podlyasova, Selische, Paramzina, Zheravkina, Kargashina, 1/2 Avdalova". [3]

Geography

Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty is located in 20 km of Yelniki (the district's administrative centre) by road and 85 km of Lashma station.

Sources

  • Inzhevatov, Ivan; Nikonov, Vladimir (1987). Топонимический словарь Мордовской АССР [Toponymic Dictionary Of Mordvin Autonomous Republic] (in Russian). Mordovian Book Publishing. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

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