Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty (; , ) 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". Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. F. 1209. L. 1. No 6466 (Belyakov A.V.)
Geography Bolshiye Mordovskiye Poshaty is located in 20 km of Yelniki (the district's administrative centre) by road and 85 km of Lashma station.
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