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Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast

human settlement in Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, 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 authorityQ27533222 ↗
Source-derived summary

Solyanka (Russian: Солянка) is a rural locality (a selo) in Pologozaynishchensky Selsoviet of Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 68 as of 2010. There are three streets.

Geography

Solyanka is located 37 km northwest of Akhtubinsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Uzlovaya is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast” as human settlement in Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Solyanka, Akhtubinsky and District.

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 Solyanka, Akhtubinsky and District providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

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 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27533222. Authority coordinates are 48.517, 45.878. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

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.

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 “Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast primary sources, Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast archive and Solyanka 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 “Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast”?
  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 “Solyanka, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan 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.