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    Kurgan (Russian: Курган, IPA: [kʊrˈgan]) is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Urals Federal District...
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    Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, romanized: Kurganskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is...
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    fortress or a castle". The Russian noun, already attested in Old East Slavic, comes from an unidentified Turkic language. Kurgans are mounds of earth and...
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  • Gathering. The Kurgan's life story is fleshed out in several Highlander spin-offs in various media. The Kurgan was born in what is now Russia on the coast...
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    Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мама́ев курга́н) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia. The name in...
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    The Kurgan hypothesis (also known as the Kurgan theory, Kurgan model, or steppe theory) is the most widely accepted proposal to identify the Proto-Indo-European...
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    Chelny, Russia Mother Motherland (Pavlovsk), a memorial complex, Pavlovsk, Voronezh Oblast, Russia Motherland Monument (Matveev Kurgan) Russia portal Defender...
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  • Ipatovo kurgan refers to kurgan 2 of the Ipatovo Barrow Cemetery 3, a cemetery of kurgan burial mounds, located near the town of Ipatovo in Stavropol Krai...
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    JSC Kurganmashzavod (Russian: Курганмашзавод; Kurganian Vehicle Plant) is a manufacturing company based in Kurgan, Russia. It is known for its BMP series...
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    Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae or Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most probably from Turkic word balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather") are anthropomorphic...
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