The Balymer complex is an archaeological complex near the village of Balymer, Spassky District

Spassky District

Spassky 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....

, Tatarstan

Tatarstan

The 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,...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. 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 Horde

Golden Horde

The 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 peoples

Finno-Ugric peoples

The 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...

.