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Gennady Nikolayev

Soviet swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ5533366 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gennady Nikolayev (8 July 1936 – 6 June 2013) was a Russian swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Gennady Nikolayev” as soviet swimmer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gennady, Nikolayev and Soviet.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1936, 2013, 1956, 1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1936-07-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gennady, Nikolayev and Soviet providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Gennady Nikolayev”, the useful work is to connect “soviet swimmer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5533366. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1936, 2013, 1956 and 1960.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. 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.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gennady Nikolayev” 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.