Bolshaya Tes (Russian: Большая Тесь) was a rural locality (a (village) in the Novosyolovsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
Bolshaya Tes
Большая Тесь | |
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Location of Bolshaya Tes  | |
  Bolshaya Tes | |
| Coordinates: 54°48′N 90°59′E / 54.800°N 90.983°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Elevation | 285 m (935 ft) |
Geography edit
Bolshaya Tes was named after the Bolshaya Tes River, currently known as Tes, which flowed into the Yenisey near the village.[1] On the maps of the 19th-early 20th centuries, it was called Tesinskaya.[2][3][4]
History edit
Bolshaya Tes was a village in the Novoselovskaya volost[2] of the Minusinsky Uyezd in Yeniseysk Governorate. It was flooded during the filling of the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir in 1972.
Notable people edit
Bolshaya Tes was the birthplace of politician Konstantin Chernenko.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Административная карта Красноярского края (южная часть) 1957 г." etomesto.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ a b "Карта заселяемой части Енисейской губернии 1905 года". etomesto.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Карта губерний и областей Российской Империи вдоль Сибирской железной дороги 1893 г." etomesto.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Карта южной части Енисейской губернии 1855 года". etomesto.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ Jessup, John E. (1998). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 121. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.[ISBN missing]