The Use of the Russian Term “Ugor” in Hungarian Archeology
Journal: MARISIA Archaeologia Historia Patrimonium
Year: 2025

In Hungarian archeological literature the Russian term ‘Ugor’ can be translated to sign the population of the Ugric language unity – which in Hungarian linguistics is said to be lasted from the 2000 BC until 1000–500 BC –, or it can sign directly the ancestors of the Hungarians. Although if one reads carefully the archeological studies it is clear that in Russian the term „Ugor” is also used to sign the Ugric-speaking populations around the Ural mountain and Western Siberia in the first centurie