Greshnevo, Yaroslavl Oblast

Greshnevo ( _ru. Гре́шнево) is a village in Nekrasovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: 588. [ _ru. Администрация Ярославской области. Статистический бюллетень "Сельские населённые пункты Ярославской области на 1 января 2007 года". (Administration of Yaroslavl Oblast. Statistical Bulletin "Information on Municipal Formations, Settlements, and Inhabited Localities of Yaroslavl Oblast" as of January 1, 2007).]

The great Russian poet Nikolay Nekrasov lived here during his childhood. Presently, the village is home to a Nekrasov museum. The village was renamed Nekrasovo in the past, but the original name Greshnevo has been restored since then.

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