After burning through, it would then be covered with dirt to form a mound or “kurgan.” The wood-walled tomb, in which the remains of about 50 bodies were found. Photo: Dimitry Vinogradov.

The Kurgan (pictured) from the movie Highlander wasn't based on a specific person but on a real-life people: the Kurgans, an ancient nomadic people from the Pontic-Caspian steppe.

Flooding is expected to peak on Monday in Kurgan, a region of 800,000 people at the confluence of the Ural Mountains and Siberia, as the Tobol River swelled with meltwater and burst its banks ...