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Romanov Empire (micronation)

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I propose merging to Anton Bakov because of little independent notability; a vanity enterppize of a Russian businessman with monarchist inclinations. Much of content is overlapping. --Altenmann >talk 03:38, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Royalty and nobility. --Altenmann >talk 03:38, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related AfD discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:41, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Mishar Yurt

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There was no such "semi-autonomous principality". A sloppy translation from Tatar: Tatar: Мишәр йорты, romanized: Mishar yorty means simply "Territory of Mishar Tatars" ("yurt", literallly "house" has many meanings; in may even mean "clan") and even in these scarce sources nothing is spoken about any kind of polity. --Altenmann >talk 02:01, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

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Rada Airlines

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I find it baffling how this was accepted through AfC. There is no evidence of SIGCOV in the article. This article from Russian Aviation Insider would count, if not for the fact it is a WP:WORDPRESS site, evident at the bottom of the page. The articles that aren't database sites only provide non-interesting news reports about a new plane they purchased, of which the company has two in total. If necessary, this can function as a redirect to List of airlines of Russia, where interestingly, it isn't currently listed. (Likely due to its insignificance). 11WB 💬 02:34, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

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Correction: it is listed at List of airlines of Belarus. That would also serve as an adequate redirect target. 11WB 💬 02:37, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

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Veronika Zhilina

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Non-notable figure skater; fails WP:NSKATE and WP:GNG. Sources include blog forums, stat databases, and something called "FS Gossips". Bgsu98 (Talk) 06:18, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

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Principality of Lars

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This page is not notable. It is true that the "Principality of Lars" existed however it is not a notable feudal state like Kabardia or Tarki Shamkhalate is. It didn't exist as a state after the death of Sultan Larsinsky, anything that will be added to this page can be discussed in Sultan Larsinsky's page, which wont happen because his article is much longer than this one. the so called "Principality of Lars" is not a notable feudal entity, the 'principality' didn't have any princes before Sultan Larsinsky and no one after him too, it simply is not notable thus I think this page should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ch3rk.essk0 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

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Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: History, Georgia (country), and Russia. Shellwood (talk) 14:34, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
Delete I can't find any non-Wikipedia source calling this a principality. The Russian Wikipedia (which is obviously still Wikipedia but at least might point us in the right direction) has this as a village. Maybe the English article could be rewritten to be about the village but calling it a principality doesn't seem supported. --Here2rewrite (talk) 01:44, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus

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Created by a sockpuppet, this appears to be a WP:POVFORK of Insurgency in the North Caucasus so the articles should be merged. FDW777 (talk) 13:14, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Terrorism and Russia. Shellwood (talk) 13:20, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
Selective merge per nominator's rationale. The POVFORK seems to be longer than the main article. FaviFake (talk) 15:18, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
It will definitely be a merge that summarises instead of having a sentence for every single gun attack or bombing. FDW777 (talk) 10:47, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

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