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Kurmanayevka

human settlement in Kurmanayevsky District, Orenburg 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 revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ4248554 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kurmanayevka (Russian: Курманаевка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kurmanayevsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,313 (2010 census); 4,577 (2002 census); 4,584 (1989 Soviet census).

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Законодательное Собрание Оренбургской области. Закон №1370/276-IV-ОЗ от 11 июля 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Оренбургской области», в ред. Закона №2826/783-V-ОЗ от 15 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Оренбургской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Оренбургской области"». Вступил в силу после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южный Урал", №№134–135 (спецвыпуск №40 с документами Законодательного Собрания Оренбургской области), 21 июля 2007 г. (Legislative Assembly of Orenburg Oblast.

Editorial summary

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

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, 2002, 1989, 1370—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1777-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kurmanayevka, human and settlement.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

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 Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4248554. Authority coordinates are 52.509, 52.071. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002, 1989 and 1370.

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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This entry incorporates text from “Kurmanayevka” 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.