Poligus
human settlement in Poligus, Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Poligus (Russian: По́лигус) is a rural locality in Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, 380 km from the district center. The village name is of Evenki origin, of a legendary Poligus shaman(Фёдор Полигус).
The village has a kindergarten, schools, district hospital, rural culture house, post office, shop, weather station, fuel storage.
Population
The population of Poligus, as of January 1, 2015, was 242.
Population:
2012 - 282
2013 - 262
2014 - 244
2015 - 242
Ethnic structure (2005): Selkups 0, Kets 3, Evenkis 262.
According to another source: Russians 29%, Evenkis 67%, Ukrainians 4%.
According to the expedition of 2005 the demographic situation in Poligus: a population of 492 people, Evenki 292 people (59%). Intrafamily language transmission was interrupted. Children speak only Russian, although some know a small amount of Evenk words. Some young people understood some Evenki as well.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Poligus” as human settlement in Poligus, Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Poligus, Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q18797241. Authority coordinates are 61.989, 94.658. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2015, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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