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Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast

human settlement in Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ18399160 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kovshovo (Russian: Ковшово) is a rural locality (a village) in Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 62 (2010 census);

Geography

This rural locality is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Palekh (the district's administrative centre), 57 kilometres (35 mi) from Ivanovo (capital of Ivanovo Oblast) and 283 kilometres (176 mi) from Moscow. Sergeyevo is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast” is human settlement in Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kovshovo, Ivanovo and Oblast, not as a finished interpretation.

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. For this dossier, Kovshovo, Ivanovo and Oblast is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “human settlement in Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia” 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

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 Mar 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18399160. Authority coordinates are 56.814, 41.855. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast primary sources, Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast archive and Kovshovo 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 “Kovshovo, Ivanovo Oblast”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kovshovo, Ivanovo 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.