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Balymer complex is an archaeological complex near the village of Balymer,
Spassky DistrictSpassky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "spas" —usually alluding to the concept of the Christian faith....
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TatarstanThe Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
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. It covers an area of 4 km². It was first explored in 1870 by A. I. Stoyanov. It is believed that the settlement, graves and tumuli belonged to the Volga Bulgars, to the Vikings (Rūsiyyah) in the 9th-10th centuries, and to the
Golden HordeThe Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...
nomads in the 13th-14th centuries. In the settlement there were found the remains of the Ananyino and İmänkiskä cultures, i.e.
Finno-Ugric peoplesThe Finno-Ugric peoples are any of several peoples of Europe who speak languages of the proposed Finno-Ugric language family, such as the Finns, Estonians, Mordvins, and Hungarians...
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