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Dmitri Kedrin

Russian poet (1907–1945)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ4218868 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dmitri Borisovich Kedrin (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Ке́дрин; February 17, 1907 – September 18, 1945) was a Soviet poet. He died in railway-related accident (had been struck by commuter train). Some charge that this accident was murder.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dmitri Kedrin” as russian poet (1907–1945). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1907, 1945—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1907-02-04, 1907-02-17—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Dmitri, Kedrin and Russian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as russian poet (1907–1945). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4218868. VIAF identifies the subject as 10257260. The Library of Congress control number is n84064917. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907 and 1945.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dmitri Kedrin”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dmitri Kedrin primary sources, Dmitri Kedrin archive and Dmitri 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 “Dmitri Kedrin”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dmitri Kedrin” 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.