Sungir
Sungir is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia and one of the earliest records of modern Homo sapiens in Eurasia. It is situated about 200 kilometers east of Moscow, on the outskirts of Vladimir, near the Klyazma River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia
- Also known as: “Стоянка ‘Сунгирь’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Церковь Константина и Елены and Bogolyubsky Monastery.
Церковь Константина и Елены
Church
Photo: Mib5578, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Церковь Константина и Елены is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Sungir.
Bogolyubsky Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bogolyubsky Monastery is situated 3 km northeast of Sungir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suromna and Bogolyubovo.
Suromna
Village
Suromna is a rural locality, or a selo, in Bogolyubovskoye Rural Settlement, Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 646 as of 2010. There are 32 streets.
Bogolyubovo
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bogolyubovo is a village in Vladimir Oblast, 3 km east from Vladimir. Bogolyubovo is a generally recognized part of the Golden Ring and preserves finest white-stone monuments from 12th century.
Dolgaya Luzha
Hamlet
Dolgaya Luzha is a rural locality in Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 18 as of 2010. There are 3 streets. Dolgaya Luzha is situated 3 km south of Sungir.
Sungir
- Categories: paleolithic site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vladimir Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
56.17538° or 56° 10′ 31″ northLongitude
40.50364° or 40° 30′ 13″ eastOpen location code
9H825GG3+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 240037110OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1779534
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Satellite Map
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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: “Sunghir”
- Italian: “Sungir‘”
- Italian: “Sungir’”
- Japanese: “スンギール遺跡”
- Japanese: “スンギル”
- Polish: “Sungir”
- Russian: “Сунгирь”
- Spanish: “Sungir”
- Swedish: “Sungir”
- Turkish: “Sungir”
- Ukrainian: “Сунгир”
- Ukrainian: “Сунгирь”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Городище ‘Чаша’ and Дельфин.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sungir”. Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.