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Kardoy

human settlement in Bratsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ16016832 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kardoy (Russian: Кардой) is a rural locality (a village) in Bratsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 366 (2010 census);

Geography

This rural locality is located 124 kilometres (77 mi) from Bratsk (the district's administrative centre), 401 kilometres (249 mi) from Irkutsk (capital of Irkutsk Oblast) and 3,994 kilometres (2,482 mi) from Moscow. Karay is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

“Kardoy” enters the record as human settlement in Bratsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kardoy, human and settlement can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kardoy, human and settlement.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Kardoy” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kardoy, human and settlement provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16016832. Authority coordinates are 55.215, 100.580. 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.

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 “Kardoy”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kardoy primary sources, Kardoy archive and Kardoy 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 “Kardoy”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kardoy” 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.