Royal Kurgan

The Royal Kurgan or Tsarskyi Kurgan from the 4th century BC, is one of the most impressive tumuli of the eastern . The burial barrow is located at Kul-Oba in present-day , which developed out of the ancient Greek town of founded by .
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Photo: Anatoly Shcherbak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: kurgan in eastern Crimea
  • Also known as: “Royal barrow”, “Tsar’s Kurgan”, and “Царский Курган”
  • Inscription: “Царский курган”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lapidary and Kerchenskyi Zavod.

Museum
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The Lapidarium is a lapidarium in . It has a collection of samples of ancient art, containing items found during the excavation of the ancient Bosporan kingdom and other finds discovered on the territory of the Kerch peninsula. is situated 1¼ km south of Royal Kurgan.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km west of Royal Kurgan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aji-Mushkay and Yehorove.

Suburb
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a suburb.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village in Lenine Raion, . According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the inhabitants of the village were 89.29% Russian, 8.93% Ukrainian, and 1.79% Belarusian. is situated 4 km northwest of Royal Kurgan.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Royal Kurgan.

Royal Kurgan

Latitude
45.37396° or 45° 22′ 26″ north
Longitude
36.52609° or 36° 31′ 34″ east
Open location code
8GQR9GFG+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108334786
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q11689408
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Royal Kurgan” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Царскі курган”
  • Dutch: “Tsarenkoergan”
  • French: “Kourgane Tsarsky”
  • Georgian: “სამეფო ყორღანი”
  • German: “Zarenkurgan”
  • Polish: “Carski Kurhan”
  • Polish: “Kurhan Królewski”
  • Russian: “Царский курган”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljevi kurgan”
  • Ukrainian: “Царський курган”
  • Ukrainian: “Царський Курган”
  • Uzbek: “Podsho qo‘rg‘oni”

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