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Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai

human settlement in Shilkinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, 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 revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ28528883 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ostrovki (Russian: Островки) is a rural locality (a selo) in Shilkinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 96 (2021 census); 127 (2010 census); There are 4 streets in this selo.

Geography

This rural locality is located 25 km from Shilka (the district's administrative centre), 170 km from Chita (capital of Zabaykalsky Krai) and 5,372 km from Moscow. Vasilyevka is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

“Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai” enters the record as human settlement in Shilkinsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky and Krai can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1927. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky and Krai.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky and Krai 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 Mar 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28528883. Authority coordinates are 52.075, 115.985. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 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.

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  • 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 “Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai primary sources, Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai archive and Ostrovki 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 “Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ostrovki, Zabaykalsky Krai” 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.