Entry to the Ivolga archaeo­logical site. The Buryat line of the road sign translates “Xiongnu city”.

The Ivolga (Xiongnu) archaeological site (Russian Иволгинское (Хуннское) городище Ivolginskoye (Hunnskoe) gorodishche) is the place of a fortified city of the Xiongnu which was founded in the 3rd century BC and destroyed in the 1st century BC.[1] It is sited in the Selenga Highlands near Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is part of the folklore of this city where the Xiongnu are mixed up with the Huns.[2]

References

  1. ↑ История Улан-Удэ (History of Ulan-Ude) [Ред. совет: Айдаев Г. А., Тучков С. М., Нагуслаева Т. М., Номогоева В. В., Матвеева А. И.]. – Кемерово: Кузбассвузидат, 2012. – p. 13–17
  2. ↑ "Гуннский международный фонд (International Hun Fond)" (in Russian). Русское географическое общество (Russian Geographic Society). 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
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