Bolshiye Toktashi (russian: Большие Токташи; cv, Мăн Тукташ, ''Măn Tuktaş'') is a
rural locality (a
village
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) in
Alikovsky District
Alikovsky District (russian: А́ликовский райо́н; cv, Элӗк районӗ, ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located ...
of the
Chuvash Republic
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,
Russia
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, located southwest of the district's
administrative center
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of
Alikovo.
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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 is moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is ; average July temperature—. The absolute minimum recorded in the village is , and the absolute maximum—. Annual precipitation is up to .
Etymology
The Chuvash word "man" means "big", while "Toktash" is a proper name.
Notable natives
* Anatoly Serep, Chuvash writer
*Arkady Malov
Arkady Vasilyevich Malov (Chuvash language, Chuvash and russian: Аркадий Васильевич Малов; 28 April 1928 in Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic – 25 April 1995 in Cheboksary) was a Chuvash pe ...
, Chuvash writer, translator
* Ille Toktash, Chuvash writer, poet, translator, folklorist
*Gerasim Pileš
Gerasim Pileš ( Chuvash & russian: link=no, Харлампьев Герасим Дмитриевич, February 2, 1913, Man Toktash village, Russia – November 2, 2003, Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia) – a Soviet Chuvash writer playwrigh ...
, Chuvash writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor
* Nikolai Ivanov, Chuvash artist
Further reading
*L. A. Efimov, "Элӗк Енӗ", Alikovo, 1994.
*"Аликовская энциклопедия", (Encyklopaedia of Alikovo) editors: Efimov L.A., Efimov E.L., Ananjev A. A., Terentjev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, .
References
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Rural localities in Chuvashia
Alikovsky District
Kurmyshsky Uyezd