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I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea

commune in Tulcea County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 14, 2021
Entity authorityQ12724869 ↗
Source-derived summary

I. C. Brătianu (Azaclău or Zaclău until 1907; I. C. Brătianu from 1907 to 1944; 23 August during the Communist era and until 1996) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of a single village, I. C. Brătianu. It was named after Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania.

Editorial summary

“I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea” enters the record as commune in Tulcea County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Brătianu, Tulcea and commune 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—1907, 1944, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Brătianu, Tulcea and commune.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Brătianu, Tulcea and commune provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q12724869. Authority coordinates are 45.376, 28.077. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1907, 1944 and 1996.

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 “I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea primary sources, I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea archive and Brătianu 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 “I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “I. C. Brătianu, Tulcea” 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.