CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · Places & Architecture

Alan, Republic of Buryatia

human settlement in Khorinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ4060481 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alan (Russian: Алан) is a rural locality (an ulus) in Khorinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 323 as of 2010. There are 20 streets.

Editorial summary

“Alan, Republic of Buryatia” enters the record as human settlement in Khorinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Alan, Republic and Buryatia can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Alan, Republic and Buryatia.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Alan, Republic of Buryatia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Alan, Republic and Buryatia provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4060481. Authority coordinates are 52.316, 109.868. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Alan, Republic of Buryatia”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Alan, Republic of Buryatia primary sources, Alan, Republic of Buryatia archive and Alan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Alan, Republic of Buryatia”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Alan, Republic of Buryatia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.