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Dunguy

human settlement in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ21103632 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dunguy (Russian: Дунгуй) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 176 as of 2010.

Geography

Dunguy is located 103 km (64 miles) southeast of Kyakhta (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ulady is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Dunguy” as human settlement in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dunguy, human and settlement.

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 Dunguy, human and settlement providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Dunguy”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Q21103632. Authority coordinates are 50.149, 107.555. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. 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 “Dunguy”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dunguy primary sources, Dunguy archive and Dunguy 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 “Dunguy”?
  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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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Dunguy” 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.