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Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia

human settlement in Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia, 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 authorityQ18401357 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bulak (Russian: Булак; Buryat: Булаг, Bulag) is a rural locality (an ulus) in Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 21 as of 2010.

Geography

Bulak is located 7 km northeast of Gusinoozyorsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gusinoozyorsk is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia” as human settlement in Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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. The account is most persuasive where Bulak, Selenginsky and District can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18401357. Authority coordinates are 51.309, 106.574. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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 “Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia primary sources, Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia archive and Bulak 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 “Bulak, Selenginsky District, Republic of Buryatia”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Bulak, Selenginsky District, 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.