Bolshiye Toktashi

Bolshiye Toktashi (; ; ) is a rural locality (a village) in Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located southwest of the district's administrative center of Alikovo.

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 măn means 'big', while Toktash is a proper name.

Notable people

• Anatoly Serep, Chuvash writer
• Arkady Malov, Chuvash writer, translator
• Ille Toktash, Chuvash writer, poet, translator, folklorist
• Gerasim PileÅ¡, Chuvash writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor
• Nikolai Ivanov, Chuvash artist

References

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, .