Eastern Europe
Russia
Tyumen Oblast

The Fort of Kuchum

Qashliq, Isker or Sibir was a medieval Siberian Tatar fortress, in the 16th century the capital of the Khanate of Sibir, located on the right bank of the Irtysh River at its confluence with the Sibirka rivulet, some 17 km from the modern city of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: medieval Tatar fortress in Russia
  • Also known as: “Isker”, “Kashlyk”, “Qashliq”, “Siberia”, and “Sibir”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Preobrazhenka and Abalak.

Village
Photo: Iv-gorbunov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Katarina Tur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rural locality and the administrative center of Abalkskoye Rural Settlement of , , . The population was 806 as of 2010. There are 20 streets. is situated 5 km southeast of The Fort of Kuchum.

The Fort of Kuchum

Latitude
58.1494° or 58° 8′ 58″ north
Longitude
68.51893° or 68° 31′ 8″ east
Open location code
9JCC4GX9+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 379038418
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1815305
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yakut—“The Fort of Kuchum” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kështjella e Qashliqit”
  • Albanian: “Qashliq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaşlık”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaşlıq”
  • Bashkir: “Искәр”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡашлыҡ”
  • Bashkir: “Себер”
  • Belarusian: “Кучумава гарадзішча”
  • Bulgarian: “Кашлик”
  • Chinese: “喀什里克”
  • Croatian: “Qaşliq”
  • Danish: “Qashliq”
  • Dutch: “Qashliq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قشليق”
  • Finnish: “Kašlyk”
  • French: “Isker”
  • French: “Qashliq”
  • French: “Sibir”
  • German: “Qaschliq”
  • German: “Qashliq”
  • German: “Sibir”
  • Greek: “Κασλίκ”
  • Indonesian: “Qashliq”
  • Irish: “Qashliq”
  • Italian: “Qashiliq”
  • Japanese: “イスケル”
  • Japanese: “カシリク”
  • Kazakh: “Қашлық”
  • Lithuanian: “Kašlykas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qashliq”
  • Norwegian: “Qashliq”
  • Persian: “قاشلیق”
  • Polish: “Kaszłyk”
  • Russian: “Искер”
  • Russian: “Кашлык”
  • Russian: “Кучумово городище”
  • Russian: “Сибирь”
  • Spanish: “Qashliq”
  • Swedish: “Qashliq”
  • Tatar: “Qaşlıq”
  • Tatar: “Кашлык”
  • Turkish: “Kaşlık”
  • Ukrainian: “Кашлик”
  • Uzbek: “Qishliq”
  • Western Panjabi: “قاشلق”
  • Yakut: “Кашлык”
  • “Isker”

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