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Michael Joukov

German politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ106158212 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michael Joukov (formerly Joukov-Schwelling, born 10 November 1981) is a Soviet-born German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg since 2021. From 2004 to 2021, he was a city councillor of Ulm.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Michael Joukov” is german politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Michael, Joukov and German, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1981, 2021, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-11-10. For this dossier, Michael, Joukov and German is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “german politician” 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

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106158212. VIAF identifies the subject as 4803168230299853080008. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2021 and 2004.

Critical limits

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Michael Joukov”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Michael Joukov primary sources, Michael Joukov archive and Michael 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.

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Michael Joukov” 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.