Uzury

Uzury
Узуры
Village
The meteorological station in Uzury
Uzury
Coordinates: 53°19′20″N 107°44′27″E / 53.32222°N 107.74083°E / 53.32222; 107.74083Coordinates: 53°19′20″N 107°44′27″E / 53.32222°N 107.74083°E / 53.32222; 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.

References

  1. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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