Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty

Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty Пошаду веле[1]
Village
Moksha transcription(s)
• Cyrillic	Пошаду веле
• Romanization	Pošadu vele
• IPA	[po'ʃɑdu 'velʲæ]
Etymology: Moksha: Пошаду веле, romanized: Poshadu velä, lit. 'Poshat's village'
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Coordinates: 54°39′N 43°42′E[2]
Country	Russia
Region	Mordovia
District	Yelnikovsky District
Founded	c 15th century
Founded by	Pashat
Government
• Type	Rural locality Office
Population  (2010)
• Total	316
	Moksha speakers
Demonym(s)	Moksha: Пошадуфне, romanized: Poshadufnä
Time zone	UTC+3:00
Website	elniki.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

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

History

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

Geography

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

Sources

• Inzhevatov, Ivan; Nikonov, Vladimir (1987). Топонимический словарь Мордовской АССР [Toponymic Dictionary Of Mordvin Autonomous Republic] (in Russian). Mordovian Book Publishing. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

References

1. Inzhevatov & Nikonov 1987
2. Map of Pashadu velä in Republic of Mordovia
3. Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. F. 1209. L. 1. No 6466 (Belyakov A.V.)