The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 06:43, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Fort Raim served as the base for the first Russian explorations of the
Aral Sea? "Russia had no access on the Aral Sea before Fort Aral'skii (Raim) was built in 1847 on the northeastern coast where the Syr Darya enters the body of water. Because of this fort, Russian began navigation on the saline sea" from: Evans, John L. (1982).
Russia and the Khanates of Central Asia to 1865. Associated Faculty Press. p. 58.
ISBN978-0-86733-014-4.
ALT2: ... that timber to build the Russian Fort Raim on the
Aral Sea had to be carried 1,000
versts (663 miles, 1,067 km)? "The wood for the buildings had to be brought from Bashkiria, over 1,000 versts distant, as the marshy surroundings of the SyrDarya estuary yielded little in the way of either building materials or supplies" from: Morrison, Alexander (10 December 2020).
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 126.
ISBN978-1-107-03030-5.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 07:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC).
Dumelow Article is long enough, is new enough, there is no copyvio, it's well cited, the DYK template needs to be added to the talk page and QPQ has been done. I prefer the first hook then the third and lastly the second
Quetzal1964 (
talk) 15:32, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi
Quetzal1964, did you forget to add a symbol or are you still reviewing? -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 06:43, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Fort Raim served as the base for the first Russian explorations of the
Aral Sea? "Russia had no access on the Aral Sea before Fort Aral'skii (Raim) was built in 1847 on the northeastern coast where the Syr Darya enters the body of water. Because of this fort, Russian began navigation on the saline sea" from: Evans, John L. (1982).
Russia and the Khanates of Central Asia to 1865. Associated Faculty Press. p. 58.
ISBN978-0-86733-014-4.
ALT2: ... that timber to build the Russian Fort Raim on the
Aral Sea had to be carried 1,000
versts (663 miles, 1,067 km)? "The wood for the buildings had to be brought from Bashkiria, over 1,000 versts distant, as the marshy surroundings of the SyrDarya estuary yielded little in the way of either building materials or supplies" from: Morrison, Alexander (10 December 2020).
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 126.
ISBN978-1-107-03030-5.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 07:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC).
Dumelow Article is long enough, is new enough, there is no copyvio, it's well cited, the DYK template needs to be added to the talk page and QPQ has been done. I prefer the first hook then the third and lastly the second
Quetzal1964 (
talk) 15:32, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi
Quetzal1964, did you forget to add a symbol or are you still reviewing? -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)