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Țuțora

commune in Iași County, Romania

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 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ4930913 ↗
Source-derived summary

Țuțora is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Chiperești, Oprișeni, and Țuțora. In 2021, it had a population of 2,063. The Battle of Țuțora took place here in 1620.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Țuțora” as commune in Iași County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Țuțora, commune and Iași.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1620—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Țuțora, commune and Iași providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Țuțora”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Iași County, Romania” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4930913. Authority coordinates are 47.156, 27.771. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1620.

Critical limits

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.

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 “Țuțora”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Țuțora primary sources, Țuțora archive and Țuțora 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 “Țuțora”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Țuțora” 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.