Gravestone From Tumulus (Kiev, Ukraine) - Stone Man Named Polovetskaya Baba In Russia And Ukraine. Gravestone On The Kurgan Is The Russian Word (of Turkic Origin) For A Tumulus, A Type Of Burial Mound Or Barrow, Heaped Over A Burial Chamber, Often Of Wood. The Distribution Of Such Tumuli In Eastern Europe Corresponds Closely To The Area Of The Pit Grave Or Kurgan Culture In South-Eastern Europe. Photo