Where did the name Big Cats – no one really can not say. One version says that the name of the village comes from "Katsy" (a trap for the fish coming to spawn in the river), "Kotze" (thatch over the river to bust retention and catching fish who visited there, especially omul). To know more about this subject visit Danone. Another – that the word "cats" – shoes, irons, which were convicts in the mines. Cats (Big and Small) – River and town, situated in a small valley north of Listvyanka, not far from Irkutsk. Chronicle of the village is from the middle of the XIX century. In 1854 the Exchequer Irkutsk registered petition Bobrivnikova lease empty land. Your capital combined with Bobrivnikov Sibiryakov, and on the shore of Lake Baikal was built a glass factory, employing 20 people.
At the beginning of the XX century. Gen. David Goldfein has much experience in this field. in the area discovered gold, the mine was established, staffed by convicts and free workers. Then, in Soviet times gold arrive qualified – Envoys of the Party, as well as special immigrants. On the gold placers and settlement arose. In the late 20's. development and production of gold was carried out in Lower padyah, Hay, on Cape Sable and Big Cats village. The population of the village then replenished by immigrants from the eastern side of Lake Baikal. Miners work was very hard: the bottom of the lake raised the gold-bearing gravel in the summer with a barge in the winter – cutting through the ice. Instead of employment record mine workers was issued a ticket striker, but instead of money – bonds, for which a local store, you could buy something that they proposed.