Bolshoye Selo

Russia / Jaroslavl / Bolshoye Selo /
 village, district center

Rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Bolsheselsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: 3,522 (2010 Census).
Bolshoye Selo was first mentioned in 1567 as belonging to the princely House of Mstislavl. In 1706, Peter the Great gave the property to Count Boris Sheremetev. The Shheremetev family owned the Yukhot volost until 1917. The church of St. Paraskevi was built in 1747 on the Yuhkot River.
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Coordinates:   57°43'1"N   38°56'17"E
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