Bolshoy Lug, Zabaykalsky Krai
human settlement in Nerchinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Bolshoy Lug (Russian: Большой Луг) is a rural locality (a selo) in Nerchinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 71 (2021 census); 72 (2010 census); 57 (2002 census); There is 1 street in this selo.
Geography
This rural locality is located 56 km from Nerchinsk (the district's administrative centre), 188 km from Chita (capital of Zabaykalsky Krai) and 5,342 km from Moscow. Olinsk is the nearest rural locality.
“Bolshoy Lug, Zabaykalsky Krai” enters the record as human settlement in Nerchinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bolshoy, Zabaykalsky and Krai can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Bolshoy Lug, Zabaykalsky Krai” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bolshoy, Zabaykalsky and Krai provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28513690. Authority coordinates are 52.421, 116.203. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 2010 and 2002.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bolshoy Lug, Zabaykalsky Krai” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.