Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty

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Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty
Пошаду веле[1]
Village
Moksha transcription(s)
 • CyrillicПошаду веле
 • RomanizationPošadu vele
 • IPA[po'ʃɑdu 'velʲæ]
Etymology: Moksha: Пошаду веле, romanized: Poshadu velä, lit.'Poshat's village'
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty is located in Republic of Mordovia
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty is located in Russia
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty
Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty
Coordinates: 54°39′N 43°42′E / 54.650°N 43.700°E / 54.650; 43.700[2]
CountryRussia
RegionMordovia
DistrictYelnikovsky District
Foundedc 15th century
Founded byPashat
Government
 • TypeRural locality Office
Population
 (2010)
 • Total316
 Moksha speakers
Demonym(s)Moksha: Пошадуфне, romanized: Poshadufnä
Time zoneUTC+3:00
Websiteelniki.e-mordovia.ru

Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty (Russian: Больши́е Мордо́вские Пошаты; Moksha: Пошаду веле, romanized: Pošadu vele, Moksha: Сире Мокшень Пошат, romanized: Sire Mokšeń Pošat) is a rural locality (a hamlet), administrative centre of Bolshemordovsko-poshatskoye rural Locality of Yelnikovsky District, Mordovia, Russia.

Etymology[edit]

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

History[edit]

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

Geography[edit]

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

Sources[edit]

  • 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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