Bolshiye Toktashi
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Bolshiye Toktashi is a rural locality (a village) in Alikovsky District
of the Chuvash Republic, Russia
, located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwest of the district's administrative center of Alikovo
.
The majority of the village population is Chuvash
. Village facilities include a club, a library, a first-aid post, a shop, and Ilya Toktash Literature Museum.
The Khirlep River flows in the vicinity of the village.
The climate in the village iis moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is -12.9 °C; average July temperature—18.3 °C (64.9 °F). The absolute minimum recorded in the village is -44 °C, and the absolute maximum—37 °C (98.6 °F). Annual precipitation is up to 552 millimetres (21.7 in).
Alikovsky District
Alikovsky District is a district of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and Krasnochetaysky...
of the Chuvash Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwest of the district's administrative center of Alikovo
Alikovo, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic
Alikovo is a rural locality and the administrative center of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located south of Cheboksary, on the Cheboksary—Krasnye Chetai and Cheboksary—Yadrin auto routes...
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The majority of the village population is Chuvash
Chuvash people
The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group, native to an area stretching from the Volga Region to Siberia. Most of them live in Republic of Chuvashia and surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout all Russia.- Etymology :...
. Village facilities include a club, a library, a first-aid post, a shop, and Ilya Toktash Literature Museum.
The Khirlep River flows in the vicinity of the village.
The climate in the village iis moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is -12.9 °C; average July temperature—18.3 °C (64.9 °F). The absolute minimum recorded in the village is -44 °C, and the absolute maximum—37 °C (98.6 °F). Annual precipitation is up to 552 millimetres (21.7 in).
Notable natives
- Anatoly SerepAnatoly SerepAnatoly T. Serep , — Chuvash, writer and poet. Born 1920 in village Bolshiye Toktashi of Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic. Poet dearth in 2003. Chuvash writers Union’s member .- Biography :...
, Chuvash writer - Arkady MalovArkady MalovArkady Vasilyevich Malov — Chuvash poet and translator.- Biography :...
, Chuvash writer, translator - Ille ToktashIlle ToktashIlle Toktash was a Chuvash, writer and poet...
, Chuvash writer, poet, translator, folklorist - Gerasim Pileš, Chuvash writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor
- Nikolai Ivanov, Chuvash artist
Further reading
- L. A. Efimov, "Элĕк Енĕ", Alikovo, 1994.
- "Аликовская энциклопедия", (Encyklopaedia of Alikovo) editors: Efimov L.A., Efimov E.L., Ananjev A. A., Terentjev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, ISBN 978-5-7670-1630-3.