ubsunur hollow was nominated for inclusion in russia's second world heritage site (the first being the virgin komi forests) in 1995 as "one of the largest intact watersheds in central asia where up to 40,000 unexcavated burial mounds and other archaeological sites can be found from historically famous nomadic tribes such as the scythians, the turks and the huns." the nomination was submitted in conjunction with the tuva republic and mongolia and included 75,000 square kilometres of forest and steppe and associated cultural and natural heritage. other sites included in this first russian listing proposal were: