ugri

Updated: May 29, 2025

The genuine appellation of Ugri or Igours is found on the western confines of China; their migration to the banks of the Irtish is attested by Tartar evidence; a similar name and language are detected in the southern parts of Siberia; and the remains of the Fennic tribes are widely, though thinly scattered from the sources of the Oby to the shores of Lapland.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5