Kurgan
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For ither uises, see Kurgan (disambiguation).
Kurgan is the Turkic term for a tumulus; moond o yird an stanes raised ower a grave or graves, oreeginatin wi its uise in Soviet airchaeologie, nou widely uised for tumuli in the context of Eastren European an Central Asie airchaeologie.
The wird is ultimately o Turkic oreegin, mair specifically frae Tatar accordin tae the Oxford English Dictionary, frae a wird meanin "fortress".[1][2]