Abstract: The Mohe peoples are a celebrated population found in ancient northeastern Asia who roamed the area of modern Manchuria (Heilongjiang province) from the 5th century until the 10th century. At the end of the 7th century they founded the kingdom of Bohai. Traditional Chinese historians identify the Mohe as the same people as the Sushen, Yilou and Wuji, and it was during the Sui period that the Wuji renamed themselves the Mohe. The most important tribes of this group were the southernmost Sumo and the northernmost Heishui.
In this article, ten ancient human skulls ( five male and five female) unearthed from the Tang Dynasty cemetery at the Troitskiy site of Mohe near the Jieya River in far-eastern of Russia were studied. The Troitskiy cemetery is one of the most significant sites representing Mohe archaeology and east west population exchanges in ancient northeast Asia. Morphological features of theTroitskiy crania show that this racial type is closely related to modern North AsiaticMongoloids, although some physical characteristics of these skulls are closer to those of the ancient and modern Baikal populations.

Key words: Far-eastern area of Russia; Troitskiy cemetery; Human skull; Mohe