Ivolginsk ring wall settlement

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Ivolginsk ring wall settlement
Hun Folklore: The President of the Friends' Association on the site (2012)

The Ivolginsk ring wall settlement ( Russian Иволгинское городище) is an archaeological settlement from the 3rd century BC. Near Ulan-Ude , the capital of the Russian Republic of Buryatia .

Geographical location

The former settlement is located on the southwestern outskirts of Ulan-Ude in the direction of the village of Ivolginsk . The Selenga flows to the southeast , into which the Iwolga , which passes the settlement to the northeast, flows a little further to the east . To the west, the A340 (formerly called A165 ) , which leads west to Ivolginsk, branches off from the M55, which connects Ulan-Ude with Tarbagatai in the south .

History and description

The settlement was founded in the 3rd century BC. By the Xiongnu . It was fastened with an approximately square fourfold ring wall approximately 340 × 340 m in size. The settlement, which had up to 4000 inhabitants, was probably founded in the 1st century BC. Destroyed in a military attack. So far (as of 2013) remains of 54 buildings have been excavated. Some finds are exhibited in the Ethnographic Museum of Transbaikaliens .

Folklore and tourism

Since the Xiongnu culture was considered by European historians to belong to the Huns until the 18th century and these two Central Asian equestrian peoples or tribal groups are still not differentiated in popular culture, the finds (for example in travel guides) are also considered to be finds of the Huns culture and the site is called "Hunnensiedlung". The Hun culture is also the topic of folkloric and other events on the premises and in Ulan-Ude, for example Giuseppe Verdi's opera Attila was performed there as an open-air event in 2011 .

It is planned to use UNESCO funds to build a reconstructed "Hun City" based on the settlement as a tourist attraction.

Web links

Commons : Ivolginsk ring wall settlement  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ История Улан-Удэ [Ред. совет: Айдаев Г. А., Тучков С. М., Нагуслаева Т. М., Номогоева В. В., Матвеева А. И.], Кемерово: Кузбассвузидат, 2012, pp. 13-17
  2. ↑ Huns city is being built on Lake Baikal. Radio Voice of Russia, April 9, 2012, accessed November 17, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Представители Фонда гуннского наследия Бурятии предлагают воссоздать в Улан-Уююак среднеазиатс. infpol.ru, November 14, 2012, archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; Retrieved November 22, 2013 (Russian).

Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 48 ″  N , 107 ° 28 ′ 25 ″  E