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Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan

village in Birsky District, Russia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ1056860 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bazhenovo (Russian: Баженово) is a rural locality (a selo) in Bakhtybayevsky Selsoviet, Birsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 569 as of 2010. There are 10 streets.

Geography

Bazhenovo is located 13 km north of Birsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Vyazovsky is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan” as village in Birsky District, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bazhenovo, Birsky and District.

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 value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bazhenovo, Birsky and District providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan”, the useful work is to connect “village in Birsky District, Russia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1056860. Authority coordinates are 55.492, 55.587. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan primary sources, Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan archive and Bazhenovo 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 “Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bazhenovo, Birsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan” 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.