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Fedorovskaya

human settlement in Totemsky District, Vologda 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 authorityQ4482041 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fedorovskaya (Russian: Федоровская) is a rural locality (a village) in Pogorelovskoye Rural Settlement, Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 23 as of September 11, 2001.

Geography

Fedorovskaya is located 62 km southwest of Totma (the district's administrative centre) by road. Yakunikha is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Fedorovskaya” is human settlement in Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Fedorovskaya, human and settlement, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Fedorovskaya, human and settlement is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “human settlement in Totemsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4482041. Authority coordinates are 59.699, 41.925. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

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 “Fedorovskaya”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Fedorovskaya primary sources, Fedorovskaya archive and Fedorovskaya 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 “Fedorovskaya”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Fedorovskaya” 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.