Pages: 161-75 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp2656175

This article offers a comprehensive interpretation of “Ural Hungary” (Magna Hungaria) as a historical and cultural phenomenon that extends beyond conventional geographic localization. The authors argue that it was not a fixed ancestral homeland but a dynamic contact zone between forest-steppe and steppe cultures, where proto-Magyar—or, more specifically, Magyar-Turkic—cultural complexes emerged and evolved. The study therefore proposes a productive methodological framework whereas  of Magna Hungaria  can be reconstructed only through the analysis of chronological horizons, cultural change, and patterns of mobility.

Keywords: Magyars, Uelgi, Southern Trans-Urals, Magna Hungaria

Information about authors:

Sergey Botalov (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of History and Archeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Sofia Kovalevskaya St., 16, Yekaterinburg, 620108, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-5319-2331
Vladimir Ivanov (Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan ). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerova St., 30, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, 420012, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-7243-2588
Aibolat Kushkumbayev (Astana, Kazakhstan). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Scientific Institute for the Study of the Ulus of Jochi. Turkestan St., 2, block 1, office 8, Astana, 010016, KazakhstanE-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-7276-4849