Semenkovo, Goncharovsky Selsoviet, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast
human settlement in Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Semenkovo (Russian: Семёнково) is a rural locality (a village) in Mayskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 4 as of 2002.
Geography
Semenkovo is located 22 km northwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Zarya, Kovylevo is the nearest locality. creek Mesha
References
the road was made with the personal money of residents in Kovylevo and Semenkovo.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Semenkovo, Goncharovsky Selsoviet, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast” is human settlement in Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Semenkovo, Goncharovsky and Selsoviet, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “human settlement in Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia” 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.
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 Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4415752. Authority coordinates are 59.297, 39.552. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Semenkovo, Goncharovsky Selsoviet, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast” 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.