Sungir

Sungir is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in and one of the earliest records of modern Homo sapiens in Eurasia. It is situated about 200 kilometers east of , on the outskirts of , near the Klyazma River.
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Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia
  • Also known as: “Sunghir”, “Стоянка ‘Сунгирь’”, and “スンギール遺跡”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Церковь Константина и Елены and Bogolyubsky Monastery.

Church
Photo: Mib5578, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Sungir.

Monastery
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km northeast of Sungir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suromna and Bogolyubovo.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a rural locality, or a …

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , 3 km east from .

Hamlet
is a rural locality in , , Russia. is situated 3 km south of Sungir.

Sungir

Latitude
56.17538° or 56° 10′ 31″ north
Longitude
40.50364° or 40° 30′ 13″ east
Open location code
9H825GG3+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 240037110
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1779534
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Sungir” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sungir”
  • Chinese: “松吉尔遗址”
  • Danish: “Sungir”
  • Dutch: “Soengir”
  • Esperanto: “Sungir”
  • Finnish: “Sungir”
  • French: “Sungir”
  • German: “Sungir”
  • Indonesian: “Sungir”
  • Italian: “Sungir‘”
  • Italian: “Sungir’”
  • Japanese: “スンギル”
  • Polish: “Sungir”
  • Russian: “Сунгирь”
  • Spanish: “Sungir”
  • Swedish: “Sungir”
  • Turkish: “Sungir”
  • Ukrainian: “Сунгир”

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Highlights: Городище ‘Чаша’ and Дельфин.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Опытно-наработный завод ОАО ‘Полимерсинтез’ and Сунгирь.

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