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Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia

human settlement in Kabansky District, Republic of Buryatia, 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 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ20177685 ↗
Source-derived summary

Polevoy (Russian: Полевой) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Kabansky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 3 as of 2010.

Geography

Polevoy is located 48 km southwest of Kabansk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Baykalsky Priboy is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia” as human settlement in Kabansky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Polevoy, Republic and Buryatia.

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. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Polevoy, Republic and Buryatia providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Kabansky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20177685. Authority coordinates are 52.055, 106.563. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 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.

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 “Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia primary sources, Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia archive and Polevoy 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 “Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Polevoy, Republic of Buryatia” 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.