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ID: 1056120
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1056120
Record Type:
administrative
Kurgan (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 55 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 55.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 065 20 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 65.3333
decimal degrees
Note:
Was site of large ancient grave mound; fortified settlement was established on the site in 16th cen.; town was founded in 1782; had become thriving center for surrounding agricultural region by 19th cen.
Names:
Kurgan
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
)
Kurgan Pervyy
(
C
,
U
)
Курган
(
C
,
U
,
Russian-P
)
Tsaryovo Gorodishchte
(
H
,
V
)
............
name used for settlement in 16th cen.
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Russia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Kurgan Oblast
(oblast) (
P
)
................
Kurgan
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
modern settlement was founded on ancient site in 1553
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Курган..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2941280
Kurgan..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2941280
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
106
Kurgan Pervyy..........
[
VP
]
..........................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2941280
Tsaryovo Gorodishchte..........
[
VP
]
......................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 41-42
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 41-42
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2941280
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
106
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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