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Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast

village in Stara Vyzhivka Raion

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ4147283 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hrabove (Ukrainian: Грабове) is a village in northwestern Ukraine, in Stara Vyzhivka Hromada in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast, but was formerly administered within Stara Vyzhivka Raion. Its Zip Code is 44442.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast” is village in Stara Vyzhivka Raion. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hrabove, Serekhovychi and hromada, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 32-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1545. For this dossier, Hrabove, Serekhovychi and hromada is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Stara Vyzhivka Raion” 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 Mar 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4147283. Authority coordinates are 51.403, 24.742. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. 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 “Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast primary sources, Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast archive and Hrabove 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 “Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn Oblast”?
  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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This entry incorporates text from “Hrabove, Serekhovychi hromada, Volyn 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.