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Palekh (Russia)

LC control no.n 80150435
Geographic headingPalekh (Russia)
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Geographic subdivision usageRussia (Federation)--Palekh
Variant(s)Palech (Russia)
Palekh (R.S.F.S.R.)
Palej (Russia)
Paleh (Russia)
Palekh, Russia
Paleg (Russia)
Found inIts Iskusstvo Palekha, 1934.
Iskusstvo drevneĭ tradit︠s︡ii Palekh, 1990.
BGN gaz., USSR (Palekh; popl.: 56°48ʹN, 41°51ʹE)
Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl.: v. 19, p. 118 (Palekh; small town in Palekhskiĭ raĭon Ivanovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, RSFSR. Befor 1917 it was a major center of icon painting. In 1924 there arose a co-operative dedicated to painting objects on papier-mâché)
Russ. Brock.: v. 22, p. 628 (Palekh; a village in Vladimīrskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡ Vi︠a︡znikovskīĭ ui︠e︡zd. Its inhabitants have for a long time engaged in icon painting)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 56°48ʹ10ʺN 041°51ʹ26ʺE)
Not found inRussia and the newly independent nations of the former USSR
Geographic area codee-ru---