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Edige

village in Nogaysky District, Republic of Dagestan, 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 authorityQ4529873 ↗
Source-derived summary

Edige (Russian: Эдиге) is a rural locality (a selo) in Nogaysky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: 392 (2021 census); 506 (2002 census); 486 (1989 Soviet census). There are 7 streets.

Geography

Edige is located 48 km southeast of Terekli-Mekteb (the district's administrative centre) by road. Tarumovka and Komsomolsky are the nearest rural localities.

Nationalities

Nogais live there.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Edige” as village in Nogaysky District, Republic of Dagestan, 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—2021, 2002, 1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Edige, village and Nogaysky can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

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 Q4529873. Authority coordinates are 44.076, 46.359. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 2002 and 1989.

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 “Edige”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Edige primary sources, Edige archive and Edige 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 “Edige”?
  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 “Edige” 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.