Bolshakovo
Bolshakovo
Большако́во | |
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Train station in Bolshakovo (Novoye) | |
Location of Bolshakovo | |
| Coordinates: 54°52′49″N 21°39′11″E / 54.88028°N 21.65306°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Slavsky District |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,448 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 238620 |
| OKTMO ID | 27727000136 |
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Bolshakovo (Russian: Большако́во, Lithuanian: Didieji Skaisgiriai, German: Groß Skaisgirren or Kreuzingen (1938-1946)), also referred to as Bolshakovo-Novoye (Russian: Большако́во-Новое), is a settlement located in the southern part of Slavsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 90 km from Kaliningrad. The adjective "Novoye" (new) is sometimes used to distinguish it from an eponymous village in Ivanovo Oblast of Russia.
It is situated on the road from Talpaki to Sovetsk. There are also roads from Bolshakovo to Polessk and to Chernyakhovsk. Bolshakovo is a railway station on the Kaliningrad–Sovetsk line.
Bolshakovo lies on the border of Polessk Lowland in a marsh landscape and has approximately 2,000 inhabitants.
Bolshakovo was a transmission site of the Voice of Russia broadcasting station, the Bolshakovo transmitter.