Russkaya Khalan
human settlement in Novooskolskij County, Kursk Governorate, Russia
Russkaya Khalan (Russian: Русская Халань) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Russko-Khalanskoye Rural Settlement, Chernyansky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,033 as of 2010. There are 22 streets.
Geography
Russkaya Khalan is located 9 km west of Chernyanka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Krasny Ostrov is the nearest rural locality.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Russkaya Khalan” as human settlement in Novooskolskij County, Kursk Governorate, Russia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Novooskolskij County, Kursk Governorate, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 Q21343115. Authority coordinates are 50.933, 37.717. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Russkaya Khalan”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Russkaya Khalan primary sources, Russkaya Khalan archive and Russkaya research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Russkaya Khalan”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Russkaya Khalan” 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.