Uzury

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.

Uzury

Узуры
Village
The meteorological station in Uzury
Uzury
Coordinates: 53°19′20″N 107°44′27″E
Country Russia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Region
Administrative districtOlkhonsky District
Municipal unitKhuzhirskiy
Population
 (2010)
 • Total9[1]
 • Ethnicities
Russians Buryats
Time zoneUTC+08 (IRKT)
Postal code
666137
Dialing code+7 39558

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

References
  1. 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.
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