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Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast

human settlement in Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast, 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 authorityQ19847785 ↗
Source-derived summary

Belkovo (Russian: Бельково) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Gorkinskoye Rural Settlement, Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 61 as of 2010.

Geography

The village is located 3 km north from Gorka, 14 km north from Kirzhach.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast” as human settlement in Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Belkovo, settlement and Kirzhachsky.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. 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 Belkovo, settlement and Kirzhachsky providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast, 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 Q19847785. Authority coordinates are 56.266, 38.792. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. 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 “Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast primary sources, Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast archive and Belkovo 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 “Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Belkovo (settlement), Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast” 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.