Bolshevo

Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Bolshevo (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°56′N 37°51′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Founded1573
Town status since[1]
Elevation
159 m (522 ft)
Population
  Total
1,000
  Subordinated toKorolev Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
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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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