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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-04 · 17 entries checked · 15 flagged · 41 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 41 still open
Abakan — The entry states that the Han dynasty-era palace was excavated between 1941 and 1945, but the discovery was made in 1940 and excavations began in 1941, continuing into the post-war period; the exact end date is not definitively 1945, and the phrasing implies t
Abakan — The entry claims that Lithuanian and Polish exiles from the 1794, 1830–1831, and 1863 rebellions were sent to Abakan, but the selo of Ust-Abakanskoye was not a major exile destination for the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising; mass exiles to the Minusinsk region, inclu
Arkhangelsk — The Mudyug concentration camp was established in 1918 during the Civil War, not in the 1930s and 1940s as stated.
Astrakhan — The claim that German forces made scouting missions as close as 35 km to Astrakhan before withdrawing is not supported by historical canon; German forces never approached that closely.
Barnaul — The entry states the city was founded in 1730 with first mention in 1724, but the widely accepted founding year is 1730 and first mention is also 1730, not 1724.
Barnaul — The entry says 'over half of the light ammunition used by the Soviet Union is estimated to have been manufactured in Barnaul' during WWII, but the common historical estimate is that the plant produced up to 50% of all small arms ammunition, not necessarily 'ov
Derbent — The entry states Derbent's documented history stretches back to the 8th century BC, but the earliest documented historical references date to the 6th century BC; the 8th century BC refers only to archaeological evidence.
Derbent — The entry claims the city was part of Caucasian Albania as a satrapy of the Persian Achaemenid Empire until the 4th century AD, but Caucasian Albania was not an Achaemenid satrapy and the empire fell in the 4th century BC, not AD.
Grozny — The first oil well was drilled by English engineer Alfred Stuart in 1893 — this is incorrect; the first commercial oil well in Grozny was drilled in 1893 by the Russian entrepreneur Ivan Akhverdov, not by Alfred Stuart.
Grozny — Royal Dutch Shell was established there by 1914 — this is inaccurate; Royal Dutch Shell did not have a direct operational presence in Grozny by 1914; the major foreign company active there was the British-owned 'Grozny Oil Fields' company, not Shell.
Irkutsk — The settlement was never officially called Yandashsky; the name Yandashsky refers to a different location or is a folk etymology.
Irkutsk — The pre-1918 spelling was 'Иркутскъ', not 'Иркуцкъ'.
Ivanovo — The claim about the city being given to the Cherkassky family by Ivan IV in 1561 is not supported by widely accepted historical records; the grant occurred later and the lost document is not standard history.
Ivanovo — Yakov Garelin is not typically referred to as the 'founder' of the city; he was the first mayor, not the second head.
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