Butuntay
human settlement in Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Butuntay (Russian: Бутунтай) is a rural locality (a selo) in Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 294 (2021 census); 368 (2010 census); There are 8 streets in this selo.
Geography
This rural locality is located 32 km from Alexandrovsky Zavod (the district's administrative centre), 360 km from Chita (capital of Zabaykalsky Krai) and 5,703 km from Moscow. Mulino is the nearest rural locality.
“Butuntay” enters the record as human settlement in Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Butuntay, human and settlement can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Butuntay” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Butuntay, human and settlement provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 Dec 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q56308406. Authority coordinates are 50.655, 118.126. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2010.
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
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This entry incorporates text from “Butuntay” 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.