Kudyrge

Kudyrge 

a locality in the Chulyshman River valley in the Altai Mountains, where, in 1924–25, the Soviet archaeologist S. I. Rudenko investigated a burial ground of Altai Turks dating from the sixth to eighth centuries. Graves of warriors, buried with their horses, were discovered. The most interesting finds were a bone facing of a saddlebow pommel with an engraved hunting scene and a boulder depicting scenes from local mythology. The differences in wealth among the graves are indicative of property stratification. Also excavated was the burial of a 13th- or 14th-century warrior, in which a Chinese mirror, scraps of silk, and a horse harness were found.

REFERENCES

Rudenko, S. L, and A. N. Glukhov. “Mogil’nik Kudyrge na Altae.” In Materialy po etnografii, vol. 3, fasc. 2. Leningrad, 1927.
Gavrilova, A. A. Mogil’nik Kudyrge, kak istochnik po istorii altaiskikh piemen. Moscow-Leningrad, 1965.
Kiselev, S. V. Drevniaia istoriia luzhnoi Sibiri, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1951.