A kurgan is a type of tumulus constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons, and horses...
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Kurgan (Russian: Курган, IPA: [kʊrˈgan]) is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Urals Federal District...
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The Kurgan is a fictional character from the first Highlander film. He is portrayed by Clancy Brown. He is an Immortal, the main antagonist to Connor MacLeod...
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The Kurgan hypothesis (also known as the Kurgan theory, Kurgan model, or steppe theory) is the most widely accepted proposal to identify the Proto-Indo-European...
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Look up kurgan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A kurgan is a tumulus or burial mound in Eurasia. Kurgan may also refer to: Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast,...
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Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, romanized: Kurganskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is...
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Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae or Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most probably from Turkic word balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather") are anthropomorphic...
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The Salbyk kurgan (Bolshoi Salbykskii Kurgan, "Great Salbyk kurgan") is a Saka funerary tumulus (kurgan), belonging to the Tagar culture. It is located...
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Highlands in the 16th century. After being mortally wounded by the murderous Kurgan (Brown) in battle, he makes a seemingly miraculous recovery and is banished...
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Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мама́ев курга́н) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia. The name in...
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T-34" Matveev Kurgan (Russian: Памятник "Танк Т-34" в Матвеев Кургане) is a Russian monument located near the village of Matveev Kurgan. On May 9, 1972...
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Monument "Soldier" Matveev Kurgan (Russian: Памятник Неизвестному солдату в Матвеев Кургане) is a Russian monument located Matveev Kurgan. The Soldier Memorial...
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The Kurgan (or Kurganskaya) cattle breed originates in south-western Siberia and is a composite of Shorthorn, Simmental, German Black Pied Cattle, Bestuzhev...
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342968; 54.116974 The Filippovka kurgans (Ru: Филипповский курганный) are Late-Sauromatian to Early-Sarmatian culture kurgans, forming "a transition site between...
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Bokhtar (redirect from Kurgan Tyube)
Bokhtar (Tajik: Бохтар), previously known as Qurghonteppa, Kurganteppa and Kurgan-Tyube, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital...
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Proto-Indo-Europeans (section Kurgan/Steppe hypothesis)
more academic collaboration between Western and non-Western scholars. The Kurgan hypothesis, which is the most widely held theory as of 2017, depends upon...
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FC Zhetysu (redirect from FC Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan)
Jetisu Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu...
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The Royal Kurgan or Tsarskyi Kurgan (Ukrainian: Царський курган) from the 4th century BC, is one of the most impressive tumuli (kurgans) of the eastern...
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"Anchor" Matveev Kurgan (Russian: Памятник "Якорь" в Матвеев Кургане) ― Monument "Anchor" Matveev Kurgan. Not far from Matveev Kurgan in Rostov region...
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FC Khatlon (redirect from FC Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube)
Vakhsh Bokhtar (Tajik: Вахш Бохтар) formerly known as Khatlon Bokhtar is a professional football club based in Bokhtar, Tajikistan. They currently play...
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Ipatovo kurgan refers to kurgan 2 of the Ipatovo Barrow Cemetery 3, a cemetery of kurgan burial mounds, located near the town of Ipatovo in Stavropol Krai...
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The Issyk kurgan, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, less than 20 km east from the Talgar alluvial fan, near Issyk, is a burial mound discovered in 1969. It...
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Kattakurgan (redirect from Katta Kurgan)
between Bukhara and Samarkand. The name is Turkic and means "large town or kurgan". The town does not appear to be of any great antiquity, although after...
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Malakhov Kurgan is a tactically important height in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, known for the defense of Russian troops against French and British...
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Lukasz Kurgan (born 4 October 1975) is a Polish-Canadian bioinformatician. He is the Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor of Computer Science at the Virginia...
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The Araltobe kurgan (Ru: Аралтобе курган) is a burial ground found near Araltobe, Zhylyoi District, in northwestern Kazakhstan, thought to belong to a...
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The Monument "Motherland" Matveev Kurgan (Russian: Памятник "Родина-Мать" в Матвеев Кургане) is a Russian monument located near the village of Starorotovka...
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Melgunov Kurgan (Ukrainian: Мельгунівський курган), also known as Lyta Grave (Ukrainian: Лита могила), is one of the oldest Scythian kurgans (burial mounds)...
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Yunior Kurgan (Russian: Юниор Курган) is a junior ice hockey team from Kurgan, farm-club of Zauralie Kurgan. They are members of the National Minor Hockey...
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176884 The Taksai kurgans (more precisely Taksai-1, Ru: Таксайский курган) are a series of Saka or Sauromatian funeral mounds or kurgans, located in the...
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