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Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast

human settlement in Kaduysky District, Vologda 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 authorityQ4194858 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zykovo (Russian: Зыково) is a rural locality (a village) in Nikolskoye Rural Settlement, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 12 as of 2002.

Geography

Zykovo is located 20 km northeast of Kaduy (the district's administrative centre) by road. Yaryshevo is the nearest rural locality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast” as human settlement in Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zykovo, Kaduysky 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—2002—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zykovo, Kaduysky 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 “Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 Q4194858. Authority coordinates are 59.277, 37.362. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.

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.

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  • 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 “Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast primary sources, Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast archive and Zykovo 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 “Zykovo, Kaduysky District, Vologda Oblast”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Zykovo, Kaduysky 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.