Bolshoye Selo, Yaroslavl Oblast
# Bolshoye Selo, Yaroslavl Oblast

Bolshoye Selo (Russian: Большо́е Село́) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Bolsheselsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: 3,522 (2010 Census); 3,721 (2002 Census); 3,996 (1989 Census).

## History

Bolshoye Selo was first mentioned in 1567 as belonging to the princely House of Mstislavl. In 1706, Peter the Great gave the property to Count Boris Sheremetev. The Shheremetev family owned the Yukhot volost until 1917. The church of St. Paraskevi was built in 1747 on the Yuhkot River.

