Bolshaya Vishera

Bolshaya Vishera
Большая Вишера
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Bolshaya Vishera is located in Novgorod Oblast
Bolshaya Vishera
Bolshaya Vishera
Bolshaya Vishera is located in Russia
Bolshaya Vishera
Bolshaya Vishera
Coordinates: 58°55′N 32°5′E / 58.917°N 32.083°E / 58.917; 32.083
CountryRussia
RegionNovgorod Oblast
DistrictMalovishersky District
Time zoneUTC+03:00

Bolshaya Vishera (Russian: Большая Вишера) is a rural locality (a village) in Malovishersky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia. 1,458 (2010 Census);[1]

During the Second World War, after a relatively short occupation, Bolshaya Vishera was liberated by forces of the 52nd Army on December 16, 1941.[2]

References

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ David M. Glantz, The Battle for Leningrad 1941 - 1944, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2002, p. 109


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