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Bolshaya (Russian language for "big") may refer to: * Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk, a village * Bolshaya chistka, "Great Purge", the 1936–1938 Soviet purge * Bolshaya Izhora, an urban locality in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast * Bolshaya Muksalma Bolshaya Muksalma () is one of the Solovetsky Islands. Bolshaya Muksalma is situated to the east of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island and is separated from it by two straits: Severnye Zheleznye Vorota and Yuzhnye Zheleznye Vorota (literally translated as ..., one of the Solovetsky Islands * Bolshaya Polyana, the name of several locations in Russia * Bolshaya Pyora River (Amur Oblast), a river in the Amur Oblast * Bolshaya (river) a river on the Kamchatka Peninsula * Bolshaya Udina, a volcanic massif in the Kamchatka Peninsula {{disambiguation ...
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Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk
Bolshaya (russian: Большая) is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Permogorskoye Rural Settlement, Krasnoborsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solo ..., Russia. The population was 416 as of 2010. There are 16 streets. Geography Bolshaya is located 20 km northwest of Krasnoborsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Pridvornye Mesta is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Krasnoborsky District {{ArkhangelskOblast-geo-stub ...
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Bolshaya Chistka
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to solidify his power over the party and the state; the purges were also designed to remove the remaining influence of Leon Trotsky as well as other prominent political rivals within the party. It occurred from August 1936 to March 1938. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924 a power vacuum opened in the Communist Party. Various established figures in Lenin's government attempted to succeed him. Joseph Stalin, the party's General Secretary, outmaneuvered political opponents and ultimately gained control of the Communist Party by 1928. Initially, Stalin's leadership was widely accepted; his main political adversary Trotsky was forced into exile in 1929, and the doctrine of "socialism in one country" becam ...
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Bolshaya Izhora
Bolshaya Izhora (russian: Больша́я Ижо́ра) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is adjacent from the west to Saint Petersburg. Population: History Bolshaya Izhora was established as a merger of several settlements: the selo of Bolshaya Izhora, the village of Sagomilye, and two suburban settlements, Primorsky Khutor and Pilnaya. The oldest of them (Pilnaya) was known since the 17th century, when a mill and a sawmill were in operation. In 1774, the Pilnaya Estate was built by Anastasiya Bibikova, the widow of general Alexander Ilyich Bibikov. Eventually, her son, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bibikov, also a military officer, inherited the estate. The lands around Bolshaya Izhora originally belonged to Alexander Menshikov, and in the 19th century for some time to Grand Duke Michael, a brother of Tsar Nicholas I. The area remained largely unpopulate ...
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Bolshaya Muksalma
Bolshaya Muksalma () is one of the Solovetsky Islands. Bolshaya Muksalma is situated to the east of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island and is separated from it by two straits: Severnye Zheleznye Vorota and Yuzhnye Zheleznye Vorota (literally translated as Northern and Southern Iron Gates). The Yuzhnye Zheleznye Vorota Strait is crossed by a dam which was built by the monks of Solovetsky Monastery between 1865 and 1871 and now connects the two islands. The dam is several hundred meters long and wide. Southeast of Bolshaya Muksalma, there is Malaya Muksalma Island, as well as a number of tiny islets. The area of Bolshaya Muksalma is . In terms of the area, this is the third island of the archipelago behind Bolzhoy Solovetsky and Anzersky Islands. There is archaeological evidence that the island was populated in the second millennium BC. In historical time, Bolshaya Muksalma was made the location of the farm serving Solovetsky Monastery, as keeping female animals in close proximity to the m ...
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Bolshaya Polyana
Bolshaya Polyana (russian: Больша́я Поля́на) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Bolshaya Polyana, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement in Znamensky Rural Okrug of Gvardeysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast * Bolshaya Polyana, Lipetsk Oblast (or ''Bolshaya polyana''), a '' selo'' in Bolshepolyansky Selsoviet of Terbunsky District in Lipetsk Oblast; * Bolshaya Polyana, Republic of Mordovia, a ''selo'' in Bolshepolyansky Selsoviet of Kadoshkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia; * Bolshaya Polyana, Novosibirsk Oblast, a settlement in Kochenyovsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast * Bolshaya Polyana, Rostov Oblast, a settlement in Gashunskoye Rural Settlement of Zimovnikovsky District in Rostov Oblast * Bolshaya Polyana, Republic of Tatarstan, a village in Alkeyevsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, ...
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Bolshaya Pyora River (Amur Oblast)
The Bolshaya Pera (russian: Большая Пера, also Большая Пёра ''Bolshaya Pyora'') is a river in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Zeya. It begins on the Amur–Zeya Plain northwest of the mountains it flows through the town of Shimanovsk and the Vostochny Cosmodrome The Vostochny Cosmodrome (russian: Космодром Восточный, ''Kosmodrom Vostochny'', "Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport (still partly under construction) above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian .... It flows into a branch of the Zeya near Svobodny. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its main tributaries are Dzhatva (57 km) and Malaya Pera (88 km) to the right and Ora (55 km) to the left. References {{reflist Rivers of Amur Oblast ...
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