Bolshiye Toktashi
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Bolshiye Toktashi (Russian: Большие Токташи; Chuvash: Мăн Тукташ) is a village in Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located 11 kilometers (7 mi) south-west of Alikovsky 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 continential, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is −12.9 °C (8.8 °F); average July temperature—18.3 °C (64.9 °F). The absolute minimum recorded in the village is −44 °C (−47.2 °F), and the absolute maximum—37 °C (98.6 °F). Annual precipitation is up to 552 millimeters (21.7 in).
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[edit] Etymology
The Chuvash word "man" means "big", while "Toktash" is a proper name.
[edit] Natives
- Anatoly Serep, Chuvash writer
- Arkady Malov, Chuvash writer, translator
- Ilya Toktash, Chuvash writer, poet, translator, folklorist
- Gerasim Pilesh, Chuvash writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor
- Nikolay Ivanov, Chuvash artist
[edit] References
- L. I. Yefimov, "Alikovsky District" ("Элĕк Енĕ"), Alikovo, 1994.
