Bolshoye Maslennikovo

Bolshoye Maslennikovo

Bolshoye Maslennikovo ( _ru. Большое Масленниково) is a village in Tutayevsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located about 20 km to the west from Yaroslavl.

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space, was born there. The museum "Cosmos", devoted to Tereshkova and her flight, is located in the village of Nikulskoye, which is about 5 km to the south from Bolshoye Maslennikovo.

External links

* [http://www.yarmp.yar.ru/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&btitle=CE&mid=&ceid=152 Museum in Nikulskoye (in Russian)]


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