Uzury (original) (raw)
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Village in Irkutsk Region, Russia
| Uzury Узуры | |
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 The meteorological station in Uzury |
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  Uzury |
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| Coordinates: 53°19′24″N 107°44′27″E / 53.32333°N 107.74083°E / 53.32333; 107.74083 | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Region |
| Administrative district | Olkhonsky District |
| Municipal unit | Khuzhirskiy |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9[1] |
| • Ethnicities | Russians Buryats |
| Time zone | UTC+08 (IRKT) |
| Postal code | 666137 |
| Dialing code | +7 39558 |
Uzury (from Buryat: γзγγр - tip, top, edge) is a village in the Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk region of Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the Bay Haga-Yaman of Lake Baikal at the Eastern shore of Olkhon Island in 30 km northeast from the municipal unit centre — village Khuzhir.
A permanent meteorological station and a laboratory of the Siberian Institute of the Earth's crust are operating in the village. Population: 9 (2010 Census);[1] consists mainly of the staff of meteorological station.
The Bay Haga-Yaman is known for its archaeological sites of the Neolithic period (4th—2nd millennia BC) and Late Iron Age (5th—10th century AD). In a cave near the village a Neolithic burial was found in 1956. The archaeological findings include fragments of pottery, items made of bone, arrowheads and an axe.
Uzury and Talgoy mountain
The Bay Haga-Yaman
A house in Uzury
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.