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Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast

human settlement in Alarsky District, Irkutsk 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 revisionApr 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ27554369 ↗
Source-derived summary

Golovinskoye (Russian: Головинское) is a rural locality (a selo) in Alarsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 266 (2010 census);

Geography

This rural locality is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Kutulik (the district's administrative centre), 166 kilometres (103 mi) from Irkutsk (capital of Irkutsk Oblast) and 4,317 kilometres (2,682 mi) from Moscow. Zanina is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast” as human settlement in Alarsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Golovinskoye, Irkutsk and Oblast.

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—2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Golovinskoye, Irkutsk and Oblast providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

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 Apr 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27554369. Authority coordinates are 53.432, 102.668. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. 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.

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  • 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 “Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast primary sources, Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast archive and Golovinskoye 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 “Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Golovinskoye, Irkutsk Oblast” 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.