Arkaim is an archaeological site situated in the Southern Urals steppe, 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) north-to-northwest of Amurskiy, and 2.3 km (1.4 mi) south-to-southeast of Alexandronvskiy, two villages in the Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, just to the north from the Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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 border.

The site is generally dated to the 17th century BC. Earlier dates, up to the 20th century BC, have been proposed. It was a settlement of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture.
The site was discovered in 1987 by a team of Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

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 scientists who were preparing the area to be flooded in order to create a reservoir, and examined in rescue excavations led by :Gennadii Zdanovich.